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Mrs. Cheri Sabraw
Mrs. Sabraw holds a Life Credential in English from the State of California and finished her graduate requirements at San Jose State University and the University of California, Berkeley. When she was a teacher of all grades and levels at Mission San Jose High School, she received commendations and awards for Excellence in the Classroom from Stanford University, the University of Chicago, San Jose State University, and the University of California. She was Mission San Jose High School's Teacher of the Year in 1992. Her students have been accepted at all major prestigious universities including UC Berkeley, Stanford, Yale, Columbia, Harvard, Duke, University of Chicago, M.I.T., Cal Tech, Rice, Princeton, Brown, University of Michigan, and Cornell. You can contact the director at directorsabraw@millcreekacademy.com Opening the Mill Creek Academy and meeting so many fascinating people from around the world has been a process. Mrs. Sabraw began her teaching career student teaching 1st grade. Since that time in 1971, she has taught junior high English, high school English, and English as a Second Language to adults and high school students. She taught in the significantly low economic area of South Stockton, as well as in the rural farming communities around Elk Grove and the Central Valley, in addition to her tenure in the suburban city of Fremont. From tiny children to elderly people, her students have played a significant role in developing her educational philosophy. Mrs. Sabraw believes that the teacher is at the core of the educational process. With a kind, focused, disciplined, and insightful teacher, students can learn just about anything at any level. Of course, other factors, such as parental involvement and consistency, materials, and classroom environment contribute to the overall academic plate. Since 1972 when she began teaching English at American High School in Fremont, Mrs. Sabraw has instructed over 3000 students, many of whom still keep in touch with her. A sizable number of her students decided to become English teachers, the greatest compliment a teacher can receive. A number of her students are physicians from around the globe now, a huge number are engineers, some are artists, and many are stay-at-home mothers. The Mill Creek Academy is really an extension of her love of knowledge, students, and people. Mrs. Sara Marek
Following graduation from college, Mrs. Marek worked in the Internet industry for four years until her passion for teaching inspired a career change into public education. Upon obtaining her California State Teaching Credential, Mrs. Marek taught English for three years at Centerville Junior High School in Fremont where she was voted one of the school’s four favorite teachers two years in a row. Mrs. Marek was an advisor for Centerville’s Conflict Mediation Program, where she helped students learn effective ways to communicate in order to solve their problems. Mrs. Marek’s care and concern for each student’s intellectual, emotional and social development help all of her students reach their potential. Mrs. Marek currently serves as one of the Directors of Mill Creek Academy. In addition to her administrative duties, Mrs. Marek continues to teach writing at Mill Creek. She feels fortunate to have honed her teaching and business skills under the watchful eye of her mother, Cheri Sabraw, founder of the Mill Creek Academy. In her free time, Mrs. Marek enjoys spending time with her wonderful husband and son. Mrs. Heather Richey
Heather Richey has been an integral part of Mill Creek Academy since 1999. A popular and respected teacher of middle and high school students, she has proven her ability to help them hone their writing skills and increase their grammar knowledge. Many of her SAT Writing students find her passion for English contagious and even report that they found the SAT’s "easy" after taking her class. In fact, Mrs. Richey has been credited not only with helping her students do better in school, but also with helping them gain entrance into the nation’s top universities. Mrs. Richey’s respect for and love of language is anchored in her education: She earned her bachelor’s degree in mass communication at CSU Hayward and her TESOL certificate from UC Berkeley. Her extensive experiences in writing and in teaching others to speak English combined in her to form a deep appreciation for the empowering nature of language and an understanding that any idea we have -- be it small or grand -- is virtually useless if we cannot express it clearly to others. This belief fuels her passion to help her students become the articulate adults today’s world requires. Along with being a cornerstone of Mill Creek’s writing and SAT program, Mrs. Richey is also part of the Mill Creek leadership team. A long time Pleasanton resident, wife of a Foothill English teacher, and mother of three, Mrs. Richey looks forward to extending Mill Creek’s quality programs to the students in and around her own home town. Ms. Joyce Wong
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Mrs.
Sabraw has been teaching English and tutoring for more than 37 years. She
anchored the Mission San Jose High School junior honors program from 1985-1998.
Graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of the Pacific, she was the 1972
commencement speaker for the School of Education. 
Sara
Sabraw Marek, a Fremont native, is a graduate of Southern Methodist University
in Dallas, Texas, having received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, with a
minor in Political Science, in 1996. As a writing student, Mrs. Marek’s
persuasive essay about women in the military was selected for publication in "Criterion",
the SMU campus literary magazine.
"Words
are single units, but together they astound the mind, increase creativity, and
bridge gaps." This philosophy is Ms. Wong's sole purpose for being an educator. She
believes in the power of language and desires to motivate and guide students
towards discovering the joy in learning. Energetic, passionate about literature,
and personable are qualities that Ms.
Wong is well-known for among her students. Ms.
Wong graduated from the University of California
Irvine where she received a double B.A. in English and Psychology, in addition
to a double minor in Education and Linguistics. Soon after, she decided to
obtain her Master's degree in Education at UC Berkeley. Ms.
Wong is now a teacher at
Mission San Jose High School where she teaches freshman honors English and
eleventh college prep English. In addition to teaching the academics, Ms.
Wong is also Mission’s Peer Counseling teacher. She holds a C.L.A.D.
(Cultural, Language, and Development) credential and is G.A.T.E certified.
During her teaching experience, Ms.
Wong has spent a great deal of her time
working with
students in the fourth to seventh grade level through Clinton 's Academic
Literacy Program. A side passion she has is writing children’s books for the
elementary school grades; in fact, she is currently in the process of publishing her
first book. In her free time, Ms.
Wong may be found glued to a game of
basketball, working on scrapbooking memories, or baking cookies. Ms.
Wong was named 2003 NUMMI New Promising Teacher of the Year for Fremont.
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