My name is Lauren Chadwick and this is my 9th year in education. This year I will be the ELD Coordinator for the Elementary School. I earned my Bachelor’s Degree from Missouri Western State University with a concentration in Special Education. After giving birth to my daughter Ruby Rae, I graduated with my Masters in […]

 Hello! My name is Taylor Hernandez and this is my 11th year of teaching. I began teaching 3rd grade, while the school was formerly known as Della Lamb Elementary Charter School. I graduated from Park University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education. In 2018, I graduated from the University of Central Missouri with […]

My name is Nicolas Ceballos-Guzman, and I’m excited to be starting my tenth year in education and my third year at KCIA. I first began teaching in Colombia while earning my Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages Education at the Universidad del Quindío. After graduating, I continued teaching English at Centro Colombo Americano Medellín. In 2021, […]

My name is Paige Rahman and I am the upper grades ELL Specialist.  This is my 28th year teaching and my 9th year at KCIA (including my time with Della Lamb it is my 18th year here).  Before teaching here, I taught in Richmond, MO; the island of Saipan, CNMI; and KCMo School District.  I […]

My name is Kaylin Griffin, and I will be the Reading Specialist at Kansas City International Academy this year. I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Spanish and a minor in Communications from the University of Arkansas in 2018. I began my career in education in 2018 teaching third grade […]