Japanese Track Faculty
Chisa Terano Chilgren
PreK (3-year-olds) Teacher
- From Nara, Japan
- Bachelor’s in Liberal Arts at Tezukayama University, Japan
- Master’s in Curriculum & Instruction at Portland State University
- Teaching since 2000; teaching at ISP since 2005
![Chisa-2013](https://intlschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Chisa-2013.jpg)
Junko O’Neill
LowK (4-year-olds) Teacher
- From Shiga, Japan
- Bachelor’s in English from Kyoto Sangyo University
- Teaching since 1999; teaching at ISP since 2006
![DSC_5215](https://intlschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DSC_5215.jpg)
Hideko Forzley
Kindergarten Teacher
- From Tokyo, Japan
- Bachelor’s in Japanese Literature at Tokyo Kasei Gakuen
- Teaching at ISP since 1998
![Hideko](https://intlschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Hideko.jpg)
Akiko Blazina
Kindergarten Teacher Aide
![JUST-OWL-610x570](https://intlschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/JUST-OWL-610x570-1.png)
Satoko Petty
1st Grade Teacher
- From Shiga, Japan
- Bachelor of Policy Studies from Kwansei Gakuin University
- Master of TESOL from Eastern Michigan University
- Teaching since 2003; teaching at ISP since 2021
![stoke](https://intlschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/unnamed-3.jpg)
Masami Maruki
2nd Grade Teacher
- From Kanagawa, Japan, as well as Peru, Brazil, and Singapore
- Bachelor’s in Rehabilitation Services at University of Connecticut
- Master’s in Education at Japan Women’s University
- Teaching at ISP since 2006
![Masami-web-2013](https://intlschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Masami-web-2013.jpg)
Yoshimi Kelly
3rd Grade Teacher
- BA in International Communication from Heian Jogakuin (St. Agnes) University in Osaka, Japan
- Teaching since 2007; teaching at ISP since 2023
![DSC_4978](https://intlschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DSC_4978.jpg)
Takanori “Taka” Fujii
4th/5th Grade Teacher
- From Fukuoka, Japan
- Bachelor’s from Soka University in Economics, followed by a teaching license in 1996
- Teaching since 1996; teaching at ISP since 2009
![Japanese+Fac+6](https://intlschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/JapaneseFac6.jpg)