Mr. Gordon
Lead Public Speaking Teacher
Mr. Gordon works at a top private school in NJ. He teaches Dramatic Arts, Communication, and English. He has years of teaching experience and is specialized particularly in teaching public speaking skills. Mr. Gordon believes public speaking is a skill that every child has the ability to develop when guided in a positive method that reinforces good habits and establishes attainable norms that can be used toward all future public speaking opportunities.
Mrs. Huang
Lead Chinese Teacher
Mrs. Huang has taught Chinese to multiple age groups at iMandarin School, Berkeley Height Huaxia Chinese School, Millburn Huaxia Chinese School and Jump Immersion School. She holds Advanced Certificate of International Chinese Teacher and has earned multiple teaching awards, including Outstanding Presentation at Huaxia Teacher Conference 2017 and Best Teacher Award at BH Huaxia Chinese School 2018. Mrs. Huang enjoys working with children, is passionate about helping each child, one at a time, not only learn some Chinese words but also acquire a deeper understanding of Chinese culture overall.
Mr. Costa
Lead Coding Teacher
Mr. Costa teaches Scratch and Python classes at Han Academy. Graduated from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) with double majors in Computation/Neural Systems and Business, he is passionate about teaching and has years of experience in teaching young kids programming languages, ranged from introductory Scratch to advanced Python and machine learning applications.
Mr. Danley
Lead Singing Teacher
Mr. Danley is a Music director for cabarets, concerts and revues throughout the US. He worked as music director/vocal coach/accompanist at AMDA since May of 1993. He performed at Carnegie Hall (twice) with actress Kim Zimmer in Broadway
Mr. Lazarus
Lead Chess Teacher
Mr. Lazarus is a successful chess teacher and organizer with multiple years of experience. Started teaching at Deerfield Elementary and South Mountain in Milburn NJ, he coached top players and won championship in his first year of teaching. In 2017, Mr. Lazarus was named the head coach of the U.S. team at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. During the pandemic, He transformed the previously in-person Millburn Chess League to a total online league, which grew significantly in participation. Recently he partners with international FIDE master Steven Stoyko to teach his students move selection and positional evaluation