Osaka YMCA International School
OYIS Staff
At OYIS, we have some of the best international educators in Japan. Our experienced office staff are dedicated to providing a friendly and professional customer experience.
Hiroyuki Satoh
Head of school
Dwayne Primeau
Primary Programme Principal
Steve Duex
Primary Vice Principal/EAL Coordinator
Marc Mesich
Secondary Programme Principal
Monique Palmer
Secondary Vice Principal/MYP Programme Coordinator
Jamie Riddals
Diploma Programme Coordinator
William Russell
Science Teacher
Patrick Anderson
MYP Individuals and Societies/DP Tok/EE Coordinator
Patty Fawcett
Mathematics Teacher
Laura McGinty
Language Coordinator/English A Teacher
Brendan O'Leary
PYP Programme Coordinator/PYP EAL Teacher
Eric Killion
Grade 6 Teacher
Thomas Hammerlund
Grade 4 Teacher
Nicole Panoho
Grade 3 Teacher
Lauren Saito
Grade 2 Teacher
Karen Zuvich
Grade 1 Teacher
Judith Masaki
Early Childhood Coordinator/Kindergarten B Teacher
Janelle McNeill
Kindergarten A Teacher
Matthew Nunez
Preschool Teacher
Mark White
Grade 5 Teacher
Vladimir Jocic
MYP/PYP Music Teacher
Service Learning Coordinator
Event Coordinator
Tanner Nickel
Physical Education & Health Teacher
Lil Wills
School counsellor
Isidro Montes
Special Language Programmes Coordinator/PYP EAL Teacher
Morris Mandarino
Student Support Coordinator/PYP EAL Teacher
Sim Wei Evers
ECE/PYP Physical Education
Sachiko Sato
School Assistant
Arinobu Kimura
Japanese Language B
Nobuko Moriyama
School Nurse
Jinnie Haraguchi
Grade 1 Assistant
Chieko Fukumoto
Japanese Lead Teacher (Primary)
Chiaki Hasegawa
Japanese Teacher
Yumi Yoshida
Japanese Teacher
Eleanor Chen
Librarian/Activities Coordinator
Natnael Petros
Grades 2 & 3 Teaching Assistant
Sarah Son
Support Teacher/Parent Ambassador Liaison
Naoko Takizawa
Lead EC & Kindergarten B Teacher Assistant
Miyuki Iwamoto
Kindergarten A Teaching Assistant
Yuka Tanaka
Preschool Teaching Assistant
Kiyokazu Shoji
Director of operations
Kaoru Saito
Office Manager & Admissions Coordinator
Yoko Hatayama
Office staff
Ayako Muramoto
Office staff
Riko Otsubo
Office staff
Hitomi Aoki
Office staff
Ryoko Morimoto
Japanese TEACHER
Tricia Palanca
LEARNING support
Yuki Toyoda
Office staff
Miki Komura
Office staff
Bryan Fawcett
Tech SUpport & Outdoor Ed
Yoshiko Shiono
Office staff
James Fraser
It Director
Eriko Wada
Office staff