Faculty: Middle School and High School
Middle School
Tessa Crewe Middle School Science Tessa Crewe comes to us from New Zealand. This is her second year at BFS, and her fifth year teaching. Tessa obtained a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Otago, New Zealand, and TESOL certification from Sydney, Australia. She is passionate about teaching and is excited to be teaching middle school science this year. |
George Deutman Middle School Social Studies / Spanish Mr. Deutman received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Linguistics and a minor in American Literature from San Francisco State University. He conducted field work at the Community College of San Francisco, studying immigrant second language acquisition. He worked for two years in the Learning Assistance Center at City College of San Francisco tutoring college-aged ESL students in writing. This is his fourth year working at BFS. |
Sunny Engle Middle School ELL Mrs. Engle earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas. Mrs. Engle has been teaching English / ESL since 1996, with various types of students in Korea, the Philippines, and the U.S. Mrs. Engle is a certified high school English teacher in the state of Arizona. |
Andrea Wood Middle School English / French Ms. Wood received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Advertising from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Additionally, she received a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Minnesota in Duluth, Minnesota. At the same university, Ms. Wood also completed her K-12 teaching licensure in Special Education, with dual-licensure in Emotional Behavioral Disorders and Specific Learning Disabilities. She has studied French since middle school and French continued to be her second language throughout her university studies. Ms. Wood is a certified teacher in the state of Minnesota in the United States. She has been in the teaching profession for four years. |
Middle School and High School
High School
Art, Music and Language Teachers
Soo-Hyun HwangArt Ms. Hwang is a graduate of Busan Art High School and has extensive experience teaching children’s art classes. She also possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art and Printing from Dong-A University. This is her seventh year working at BFS. |
Sally Jung Hyun KimMusic Dr. Sally Kim has an extensive educational background and experience as a musician and instructor. She holds a Doctor of Music Arts degree from the American Conservatory of Music. She also holds a Master’s degree of Music and Pedagogy from Northeastern University in Illinois. Dr. Kim has been a member of the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chicago City Symphony Orchestra in America. Dr. Kim held a graduate faculty position at the American Conservatory of Music from 1997-2004. She is a current member of the Chicago Federation of Musicians and a member of the American Federation of Musicians since 1995. |
Sun-Jung KimKorean / Library Services Ms. Kim holds a Master’s degree in Education and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Pusan University of Foreign Studies. She also holds a secondary school teaching certificate. Additionally, Ms. Kim is a certified Korean language instructor. She has extensive experience teaching Korean and traditional Korean percussion. |















