MESSAGE FROM OUR SCHOOL DIRECTOR


Dear SESO Families,


I hope this message finds you well and that your summer has been filled with rest, fun, and time with loved ones. As we look ahead to the start of the 2025–2026 school year, I’m excited to welcome both new and returning families to what promises to be another enriching year at SESO.


Over the past months, our team has been working thoughtfullyOver the past months, our team has been working thoughtfully to build on our strengths and further enhance the learning experience for all students. This year, we are excited to continue deepening our implementation of the Responsive Classroom Approach in grades K–6, fostering respectful, inclusive, and engaging learning environments that support both academic and social-emotional growth. We also enter the second year of our cell-phone free school policy, which has already made a positive impact on student focus and peer interaction, helping to cultivate a more mindful and connected school culture.

to build on our strengths and further enhance the learning experience for all students. This year, we are excited to continue deepening our implementation of the Responsive Classroom Approach in grades K–6, fostering respectful, inclusive, and engaging learning environments that support bothacademic and social-emotional growth. We also enter the second year of our cell-phone free school policy, which has already made a positive impact on student focus and peer interaction, helping to cultivate a more mindful and connected school culture.


As always, learning at SESO extends far beyond the classroom, with athletics, field trips, performances, assemblies, and cherished community events all contributing to a vibrant and well-rounded school experience.


As we enter this new year, I remain grateful for your partnership and trust. I’m confident that 2025–2026 will be a year of meaningful learning, shared joy, and continued growth for our students and school community. If you have any questions or ideas to share, please don’t hesitate to reach out.


Wishing you and your family a smooth and joyful start to the school year!


Warmly, 

Katrin Beinroth 

School Director

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Dear Sesonian Family, 


It saddens me to inform you that our Head of School, Wanda Ayala de Torres, will be leaving us to pursue new challenging endeavors. She has been our head of School for the past 10 years and under her tutelage I have grown professionally and personally. I am honored that she has prepared me to take on the position of Interim Head of School which I have joyfully accepted.


I will continue with the legacy of academic excellence SESO is known for. I take this responsibility and privilege from a place of love and the commitment to my students as well as SESO community for the past 21 years. My mantra has always been that my children are my north star, and their social, emotional, and physical wellbeing is paramount.  My commitment to them is to care, enlighten, serve with tolerance, passion, and respect.  My Lions are courageous, competitive, dedicated, and empathetic which we will continue to foster. We are living times that have no comparison where adaptability is a necessity.  We have taken the steps to provide our students the opportunities to surpass ever changing situations.   


This new academic year will have many challenges, but I am confident that our maintenance personal, administrative staff, and faculty members will continue giving their all to making SESO even more successful.  Everyone on our team plays a valuable role in the wellbeing of our students. They have an unwavering dedication and passion in providing our students with an atmosphere of happiness, emotional security, and intellectual inquiry. These pillars were cemented by Ms. Ayala for the past 10 years, and I will continue to fortify them.  


I invite you all to join me in creating an academic year 2021-2022 that will again fill our hallways with laughter and joy.  


I thank you for your trust. 


Sara Acevedo Figueroa

Interim Head of School

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