ISB Parents and Teachers Organization
Your Nominees for the 2012-2013 ISB PTO President Co-Chairs
Please Vote for 2
Stephanie Kramp
Stephanie Kramp lives in Wayland with her husband
and 6-year-old son Gabriel who is at the Maternelle in
K and will be attending the Cambridge Campus for 1st
Grade in the Fall. This past year she served as the PTO
Maternelle Representative. She has previously served
on a not-for-profit Board primarily responsible for
marketing and communications. She worked in corporate marketing and human resources management for
over ten years and she earned her MBA. She is now a
very happy homemaker, wife, and mother. She enjoys
cooking, reading, and entertaining.
Hélène Rieu-Isaacs
Celebrating our 10th year anniversary at ISB, I would
love to offer my enthusiasm and energy to all the children, parents and teachers of our great school, and
organize cultural and fun activities for all. Mother of 3
(16, 11 and 5), I have been actively involved in ISB's
PTO for 3 years now, as secretary, secretary sub, 3
years in a row ISB Holiday Boutique Coordinator, and
multi events volunteer (from bread sales shifts to face
painting at the Springfest), not to mention 3 years of
ISB gala co-chairing. My 32 hours a week day job consists in project management at AER (Atmospheric and
Environmental Research), and I would like to dedicate
some of my time off to ISB’s life and growth. It would
be a great honor to be able to do so as President of
the PTO.
Language and culture: I am French, have been living in
the US for 18 years, and acquired dual citizenship.
Married to an American, I perfectly understand both
communities and culture.
Marc Zacharias
My name is Marc Zacharias. This is our 6th year at ISB. My
wife Mairim and I have three girls: Two of them are enrolled at ISB: Noemi (2nd Grade) and Emilie
(Kindergarten). Lily (16 months old) is a future ISB student in the making.
I am French/German, grew up along the border, and
went to school in Germany (International School),
France, Spain and the US. Mairim is from Puerto Rico, so
we speak Spanish and French at home.
I left the Corporate world in 2009, founded two start-up
companies and gained a lot of flexibility in my schedule
along the way, which is why I can dedicate more time to
the School community.
You can find out more about me on Linkedin: http://
www.linkedin.com/in/mzacharias
ISB Parents and Teachers Organization
Secretary, Chris Kapple
Treasurer, Tamara Kett
Secretary, Chris Kappler
Chris Kappler and his wife Michelle are the parents of
Katya (CM-1), Sabrina (CP), and Annika (PS). The Kapplers have been at ISB since 2005, and have come to
think of the ISB teachers and families as their own extended family. Chris has spoken only French with the
girls at home since birth, and now finds that he also
speaks French to dogs, cats and horses, though with
varying degrees of success. From 2006 to 2009, Chris
also ran the Arlington Videotheque before its VHS tapes
were decommissioned. With three children at the
school, Chris would like to do whatever he can to help
the PTO. As a person with some IT skills, Chris feels that
he can add particular value to the roll of Secretary of the
PTO, by leveraging the latest online methods for sharing
information, collecting feedback, and organizing agenda
items for meetings. Chris also types 75 words a minute
according to the online test he just took.
Treasurer, Tamara Kett
About Tamara… I am Tamara Kett and I have three
kids: Audrey, 15, attended ISB through 8th grade and is
now at Arlington High School. Tegan, 6, is in 1st grade
and Fletcher, 2, is a future ISB student. I have been the
PTO Treasurer for the past two years and have really
enjoyed serving our community in this way.
My husband, Keith Eubanks, and I do not speak French
at home, but we value the bi-lingual education our
children are receiving. While I studied French for six
years in high school and college, I never really mastered it (within 2 years at ISB, my six-year old had
eclipsed my own abilities!); I do speak some Italian,
which I picked up while stationed in Italy as a US Naval
officer in the 1990s. I grew up in the Boston area then
lived around the world in my twenties before returning
to England for graduate school. These days, I work as a
management consultant in Cambridge MA. Our family
lives in Arlington MA.
ISB Parents and Teachers Organization
Nominees for
Parents Representatives of Maternelle
2 Nominees, Vote for 2
Nominees for
Parents Representatives of Lower School
2 Nominees, Vote for 2
Nominee for
Parents Representatives of Middle School
1 nominee & 1 nominee needed
Nominees for
Parents Representatives of Upper School
1 nominee & 1 nominee needed
Jane Pollock Wirch
Ivan Abarca
Margaret Bonham
Vanessa Beresford
Marcie Roche
Jacqualin de Montmollin
Jane Pollack Wirch
About Jane...I live in Cambridge with my husband Eric
and we are the parents of
Henry (K/ Fall 2012) and
Conrad (PreK/Fall 2012). We
are all very happy to have
become a part of the ISB/
LIB community and would very much like to
support in any way that we are able. I have a
background in teaching literature and writing
and foreign language and culture, with bits of
experience in other sectors involving sales and
group coordination.
Ivan Abarca
About Ivan...I live in
Somerville with my
wife Kristen Gresh and
my children Leyla (K)
and Liam (age 1.5). I
am originally from
Mexico, Kristen is from
the United States and
our children were born
in France. We lived abroad for many years
(France and the Middle East) and have
recently relocated to the area from Paris.
In another life, I worked in the diplomatic
corps and I have a PhD in cognitive linguistics. I am currently a Visiting Scholar at
MIT in the Comparative Media Studies
Program at the MediaLab.
Margaret
Bonham
About Margaret…
My husband Alexander and I have
two sons enrolled
at ISB : Alexander
will be in 2nd and
William will be in 5thgrade. This year, I
served as the Lower School Parent Representative and co-organized the enrichment programs of the Lower School.
Vanessa Beresford
Vanessa’s Bio and Photo Coming soon...
Marcie Roche
About Marcie…
I live in Belmont
with my husband, Serge, and
4 children who
attend the International School
of Boston: Starting Fall 2012, Charlotte (10th), Sophie
(8th), Marcel (2nd), and Francois (K) will
begin their second year at ISB. I am currently a member of the Welcome Committee, in charge of the Upper School,
and the 9th grade Conseil de Classe parent representative. I used to teach high
school and college science and math;
however, now I am working at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge.
My last school-related volunteer position was as the President of the Board of
Directors of a Montessori School. During that time I was also a Girl Scout
Troop leader. I look forward to working
with the students, families, teachers,
and administration as a member of the
ISB Parent Teacher Organization.
1 nominee needed
Jacqualin de
Montmollin
About Jackie…
My name is Jacqualin Brockman
de Montmollin, I
am Australian and
my husband Antoine is Swiss. We
have been at ISB for two years and have
three children at the school. Our eldest
will be going to university after the summer. The other two will be in 12th grade
and 5th grade. I have been the upper
school PTO representative for the p ast
year and would be happy to continue in
this position. I wish to continue to build
on our already great commmuntity spirit
at ISB .
1 nominee needed
ISB Parents and Teachers Organization
Nominee for
Teacher Representative,
Maternelle
Julien Le Guen
Julien LeGuen
About Julien...I
have been
working at the
ISB for 3 years
now on the
Arlington Campus. One year
as an assistant at the Garderie, one year
as a Floater and a year as a FLE teacher.
I am very happy to be a part on the ISB
community and I am excited to help and
work with the PTO in any way I can.
Nominee for
Teacher Representative,
Lower School
Nominee for
Teacher Representative,
Middel School
Nominee for
Teacher Representative,
Upper School
Delphine Valade
1 nominee needed
1 nominee needed
1 nominee needed
1 nominee needed
Delphine
Valade
Languages:
English, French
Delphine is
teaching in 2nd
grade (she previously taught
3rd and 4th
grades) and she has been at ISB for 4
years. In 2010-2011 year, she designed
and co-organized the Mardi Gras wholeschool party.