Our Team
The Laren School was founded in 2008 by Amanda Lim and Hope Leyson, each with over two decades of experience in Montessori education.
Today the school staff is comprised of Montessori-credentialed teachers and their teaching assistants, various extracurricular teachers, and school aides.
Amanda Lim, Head of School
Amanda Lim has over 20 years of experience as the Executive Director of Montessori schools in the Philippines. She holds a Master of Education with a major in Montessori Education from the Loyola University Maryland. She also has an Association Montessori Internationale diploma in the Primary Level (3 - 6 years old) from the same university. Additionally, she is a founding member and former president of the Foundation for the Advancement of Montessori Education in the Philippines.
Hope Leyson, Education Director
Hope Leyson brings over 20 years of experience as a Class and Head Directress of Montessori schools in the Philippines. It is under her purview that the curricula from Casa through to the Adolescent Program is developed.
She holds a Masters degree in Education with a major in Special Education. In addition, she has completed a Montessori Primary Course at the Montessori Institute of Atlanta, Georgia as well as a Post-Masteral Advanced Studies in Education and a Montessori Elementary Course, both at Loyola University in Maryland. She is currently a trainor and special adviser for the Montessori Model United Nations program.