New TIDE Principal - Allison Silvestri
A San Mateo native, Allison Silvestri attended Boston College and completed her Bachelor of Arts in English and went on to attain her credentialing before entering the Master’s program in the field of mild/moderate special needs.
Following her time on the East coast, she spent a year volunteering in the small, rural village of San Blas, Costa Rica where she taught English as a foreign language. Upon returning to the United States, she landed a teaching position in the resource program at San Mateo High School.
After a wonderful tenure, Allison left San Mateo High to pursue her love of travel and teaching abroad. She home-schooled two children in the South Pacific before becoming a scuba dive master in Thailand. She couldn’t resist the Woodside orange and put it back on as she taught English and Social Science to students in the Special Day Class program at Woodside High School.
In the spring of 2010, Allison earned another master's degree from Notre Dame de Namur in the field of public administration. After a couple of years as the Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction at Half Moon Bay High School, she was named Principal.
Allison went on to become the principal at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, and most recently she joined the Grizzly community in San Lorenzo, while she completed her doctorate from California State University, East Bay in Educational Leadership for Social Justice and Equity in June of 2018.
In partnership with the District’s Executive Director of Small Schools and Alternative Programs, Shamar Edwards, Allison is excited to join the founding members of TIDE and to collaborate with the team as they will open the doors to this new, forward thinking school.
After a wonderful tenure, Allison left San Mateo High to pursue her love of travel and teaching abroad. She home-schooled two children in the South Pacific before becoming a scuba dive master in Thailand. She couldn’t resist the Woodside orange and put it back on as she taught English and Social Science to students in the Special Day Class program at Woodside High School.
In the spring of 2010, Allison earned another master's degree from Notre Dame de Namur in the field of public administration. After a couple of years as the Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction at Half Moon Bay High School, she was named Principal.
Allison went on to become the principal at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, and most recently she joined the Grizzly community in San Lorenzo, while she completed her doctorate from California State University, East Bay in Educational Leadership for Social Justice and Equity in June of 2018.
In partnership with the District’s Executive Director of Small Schools and Alternative Programs, Shamar Edwards, Allison is excited to join the founding members of TIDE and to collaborate with the team as they will open the doors to this new, forward thinking school.
