Hello! My name is Kimberly Maramba, and I am very excited to be teaching middle school social studies and religion at St. John the Baptist School. As a child, I attended Catholic School at St. Lucy’s in Long Beach, CA before my family moved to the island of Kodiak, AK. After high school, I found my way back to California and obtained my Bachelor’s Degree from San Jose State University. I am currently pursuing my Master of Arts in Teaching at Santa Clara University. My experience as a catechist led me to develop a passion for teaching the youth about the Catholic faith and I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue to do so as a teacher. I hope to provide my students with a positive, fun, and engaging learning environment. My goal is to inspire and guide my students to become lifelong learners, responsible citizens, and faithful servants of God.

Hello everyone! My name is Aidan Lanz, and I am the 7th grade Homeroom teacher as well as the middle school Math and Science teacher (6th-8th). This is my first year of teaching at SJBS, and I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful community rooted in faith and a deep love for learning. Originally from Stillwater, Minnesota, I completed my undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at the University of Notre Dame and am currently working towards my M.Ed. in the Notre Dame Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) program.

This year, I hope to cultivate a positive, productive, and safe learning environment in our classroom and provide opportunities for students to engage their natural curiosity, explore their interests, and learn more about the world around them. In our math and science courses, we will be investigating everything from the smallest bacteria in the depths of the ocean to the largest mountains on the surface of mars, as well as developing technologies to assist us in discovering more about all of these environments. I am looking forward to a great year filled with fun, faith, and creativity!

Welcome to 8th grade at St. John the Baptist School!  I am thrilled to be teaching middle school students at SJBS!  I look forward to exploring a variety of literature with my students this year.  We will study poetry, classics, and modern literature. We will collaborate as a team to create the best possible experience for each student individually, and our class  as a whole.  Our classroom community will be grounded in mutual respect, a comfortable environment that invites all questions, and a passion to make learning a life-long adventure.

I have been teaching for 19 years at St. Joseph in Fremont, St. Christopher in San Jose, and most recently at St. John the Baptist in the Diocese of San Jose.  My favorite subject is English Literature, and I’m a whiz at Grammar, so I am delighted to be in middle school, focusing on English Language Arts.  I hope to inspire students to have a love for reading and writing, skills that will stay with them throughout high school and beyond.

My name is Sr. Lisa C. Abellaniza, AR, and I am a member of the Congregation of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters. I am proud to be a Middle School Math and 6th Grade Religion teacher.

I come from the Southern Philippines and hold a Bachelor's degree in Education, majoring in Math, from Colegio de Sta. Rita, Negros Occidental, Philippines. I am also a graduate of the MAEd program at National University in San Diego, California.

 have a true passion for working with tween learners, helping them develop their skills in all areas, especially in solving real-world problems.

I strive to create a community of learners that nurtures growth in a positive, fun environment.