Katy GT Academy

21020 Highland Knolls Dr.
Katy, TX 77450

ph: 281-646-7360
fax: 281-646-7361
alt: 832-212-5836

Staff

We have the best teaching staff at Katy GT Academy.

  • Reading/Writing : Jennifer Hills

     

    Texas State certified teacher:
    • Texas State Teacher’s Certificate
    • 6+1 Traits of Writing
    • TESOL Certificate

     

    • Has 10 years teaching experience. As a senior teacher in Presto Lauguage School
    • Was a classroom teacher in Alief Independent School District
    • Has exceptional skills in developing challenging and creative student-centered lessons and facilitating and fostering critical thinking skills.

    Taught full seventh grade curriculum, with a strong focus on state testing preparation and reinforcement of core competencies. Selected as team leader, responsible for ensuring that all fellow team teachers complied with school rules and regulations; distributed information passed down from administrators, and facilitated meetings between the team, parents and administrators.

     

     

  • Science : Tioana White

    • Associate Professor in Williamsburg Technical College
    • Third grade teacher in Fox Hill Private School
    • Used to be a children behavioral therapist in Beverly Hills
    • Obtained master degree in Psychology and B.S. in Biology.  As a youth counselor in Corner Stone Assembly of God for 3 years.
  • Music: Wendy Sun

     

    孙慧琴毕业于山东师范大学音乐系声乐表演与教学专业,师从著名的男中音歌唱家王永彬教授。

    出国前任烟台艺术学校音乐系声乐讲师, 并在山东省青年教师声乐大奖赛中获一等奖。来美国后

    师从著名的声乐教授Cuban Barbary,多年来一直活跃在音乐舞台上,曾多次在国际学生春节联欢晚会上担任主要演员,并一直从事她的声乐表演及钢琴教学。

    孙慧琴老师在华夏中文学校任教已经五年整,主要担任华夏中文学校夏令营儿童基本乐理知识及合唱和指挥,并在华夏中文学校(Katy) 分校担任键盘老师,几年来她的教学得到了家长,学生及学校领导的好评。

  • Talent : Steven Tu

    Graduated 7th in Class with PSAT 227,  SAT 2350: Reading 760, Math 800, Writing 790 and  SAT II: Math Level II 800,  Physics 780
    Obtained: National Merit Semi-finialist 

    Awards received:

    National

        2007 Future Business Leaders of American National 6th place in C++ programming

        2006-2007 individual 1st place, 3rd team in American Computer Science League All Star Programming Competition
            2005-2006 individual 1st place, 2nd team in American Computer Science League All Star Programming Competition

    State

        2007-2008 Academic Decathlon Team State Championship
        2007-2008 Academic Decathlon State 1st Place Individual Overall Scorer
        
        2006-2007 Future Business Leaders of American State 1st place in C++ programming
        2005-2006 Future Business Leaders of American State 1st place in Java programming
              
        2007-2008 University Interscholastic League 1rd place computer science team
              2006-2007 University Interscholastic League 3rd place computer science team
            2005-2006 University Interscholastic League 4th place computer science team
        2007-2008 Texas Computer Education Association Programming 1th place team        
        2006-2007 Texas Computer Education Association Programming 7th place team
              2005-2006 Texas Computer Education Association Programming 11th place team
        
        2005-2006 University Interscholastic League State Solo and Ensemble contest:
        2006      Violin Solo Rating”2”
        2005-2006 Ensemble Rating “2”
                
            2006-2007 Texas Music Scholar

       
    Leadership
        2005-2006 Orchestra President
            2007-2008 Chess Club Founder
        2007-2008 Computer Science Advisory Board

  • Chess : Jeffery Ashton

     

    National Master Jeff Ashton USCF Rated 2266 


    Coach Jeff coaches hundreds of students and owns a chess academy. He has twice been the Michigan Junior Champion. He enjoys teaching at chess camps, which he frequently. He has taught at the Klein Chess Camp for the past 3 summers as well as at the Castle Chess Camp in Indiana, and Whitewater in Wisconsin. For several years he has taught private chess students in the Dallas area. He has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Jeff graduated with honors last year from the University of Texas at Dallas, where he had a full chess scholarship. He moved to Houston this past January and began teaching chess at T. H. Rogers.

     

  • Table Tennis : Dazhi Wang

    王教练曾任天津体育学院乒乓球教授、国际级裁判。来美执教后,训练出了大批优秀青少年选手,他的弟子曾夺取过全美乒乓球锦标赛的男子单打冠军。

     

     

 

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21020 Highland Knolls Dr.
Katy, TX 77450

ph: 281-646-7360
fax: 281-646-7361
alt: 832-212-5836