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Lisa Ehle

Spanish, Dean of Academics

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BA, Latin American Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
BA, Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
TESL Certificate, Harvard Institute
Independent Schools Teaching Certificate, BC Ministry of Education, Canada

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ― Nelson Mandela

Lisa has been teaching around the globe since 2003. She has instructed all ages from Kindergarten to adults in math, social studies, and foreign language in English, Spanish, and French. Lisa loves traveling and learning about new cultures. She has traveled to over 34 different countries and spent seven years teaching in China, Yemen, Columbia, and Belarus. Lisa is an avid environmentalist, fervent organic gardener, and experiential education enthusiast. She worked as a mountaineering guide for 28-day expeditions for Outward Bound and has led numerous experiential and service-learning trips to parts of the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. With her husband and two children, Lisa has been living and teaching on San Juan Island since 2014, gardening and mountain biking in her free time.

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We go to the back country to really get to know each other, to help each other, and to trust each other. I have been in this school two weeks and already know that I can count on every single person in this classroom to cheer me up. I know them. They know me. We can share all of our emotions safely. I can’t really explain how being in the rain and hail does this, but it does, and I am glad. I didn’t know this a month ago.

Lucie

Current Student