Ms. Cheri Sabraw

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.

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.