Dominico-Americano School Board, sub committee of the Board of Trustee’s (Link to Board of Trustee’s)
School Board is composed of the following seven (7) members:
President of the Board of Trustees = President of the School Board
Treasurer of the Board of Trustees = Treasurer of the School Board
Secretary of the Board of Trustees = Secretary of the School Board
President of the Academic Committee = Vice-President of the School Board
United States Embassy Representative
ICDA Community Representative Parent Representative = Elected President/Coordinator of the Parents’ Committee

Non-Voting Members (ex-oficio) are
Executive Director ICDA –
Academic Director ICDA –
School Director CDA

School Director
Alba Mercedes Salterio, MA Ed

Ms. Alba Salterio was born in Ancon, Canal Zone in the Republic of Panama. She married and moved to the Dominican Republic in 1978, is the mother of three; Fausto, Alba and John Michael Cáceres. She graduated from Balboa High School, Canal Zone College with a BSMT and Western Carolina University with a Master of Arts in Education. She has also taken graduate work with Buffalo State University Framingham and Alabama University.

The teaching career has been her call for more than twenty years. She has taught second grade, junior high and high school math and science and has been a Science Department Head, Curriculum Coordinator and High School Principal. This last position she held for more than eight years, in an overseas American school. She has served on several steering self study committees for SACS accreditation including being the chair. In August 1999, Ms. Salterio became the Dominico-Americano School Director and under her direction, the school finalized their SACS accreditation process. Presently, she is the ACCAS President (Association of Columbia-Caribbean American Schools) and Vice-President of the Tri-Association. She occasionally gives of her busy schedule and teaches in the University of the Dominico-Americano, postgraduate education courses which includes the methodology, resources and curriculum.

You may contact her at asalterio@hotmail.com or at colegio@icda.edu.do Her office phone number is (809)-535-0665 Ext.3301 or 3302

Functions: The School Director is the instructional leader (1-12), responsible for grades 1-12 with the school board, for the communication and implementation of school board policy, the development of the school-wide curriculum thereby promoting academic excellence as the primary focus of the school and the communication with the school community. She implements the practices and procedures for school operation, including sound fiscal management of the school, ensuring safety and security of students and staff and overseeing the compliance with the standards set by AdvancEd and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to ensure accredited status for the school.

Elementary Principal
Linda Mauad, MA ED

Linda Mauad was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, mother of four and a member of the ICDA staff since 1998. She has a BA in Early Childhood Education, a Master in Education from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale and has been in the field for many years.

Functions: The Elementary Principal supervises students, classrooms, educational program, and teaching staff from 1st through 5th grades. She is also supervises teachers for the co-curricular program.

She can be reached at (809) 535-0665, extensions 3320 & 3321. You may also contact her at the following e-mail, elementary@icda.edu.do

Middle School And High School Principal
Olga Leon, MSW

Ms. Olga Leon was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She has a BA in psychology and a Master’s in Social Work from Hunter College of the City University of New York, in addition to a Specialty in Crisis and Trauma Intervention from UNIBE. Ms. Leon joined the ICDA team in the year 2006, initially teaching in elementary school and later in middle/high school. Afterwards, Ms Leon moved on to the guidance counselor position until August 2011. As of August she occupies the current position as Middle School and High School Principal.

Functions: The Middle and High School Principal supervises students, classrooms, the educational program, and teaching staff of the 6th through 12th grades and the co-curricular teachers of these grades.

You may contact Ms. Leon at 809-535-0665 EXT 3310 or 3311, or by email at highschool@icda.edu.do

School Psychologist (1st to 5th grade)
Maria Monsanto, MA

Maria Monsanto was born in the Dominican Republic and received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Universidad de la Tercera Edad and her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo. She is specialist in Learning Disabilities. She is university professor. She is presently the school psychologist for 1st to 5th grade, and provides academic support for children with difficulties in the reading and writing process and support for children with behavior problems.

If you want to contact her at the Dominico Americano, please call 535-0665 EXT 3306 or her e-mail psychology@icda.edu.do

Counselors- School Psychologist and Guidance Counselor (6th-12th) (Head of Department)
Ada Nuñez, MAED

Ada Nuñez was born in the United States, New York City. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree at the UNPHU, Universidad Pedro Henriquez Ureña and Masters in Education with the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. She was a teacher for several years in Middle School and as of August 2011 is the middle school psychologist and high school guidance counselor of the Domínico Americano School. She also sponsors the Student Council.

If you want to contact her at the Dominico-Americano School, please call 535-0665 EXT 3304 or her e-mail: counselor@icda.edu.do or adanunezj@gmail.com

Activity Coordinator
Evelyn Peña, BA

Ms. Evelyn Peña was born in the Dominican Republic. In 2001, she joined the ICDA staff as an administrative assistant and became the activity coordinator in 2005. She is an avid sports fan, and enjoys motivating and planning of student activities. A business graduated from UNICDA, she currently pursuing her Masters in Higher Management.

Functions: Plans and coordinates the logistics for all co curricular and extra curricular activities that are required by the school community that enhance the program. This includes booking of transportation, caters, sound equipments, conference rooms, auditorium and an exposition hall.

If you want to contact her at the Dominico Americano School, please call 535-0665 EXT 3330 or at the e-mail activities.cda@icda.edu.do

Teaching Personnel

Our teaching personnel show great enthusiasm and knowledge when they teach. They are a multicultural group, since they represent the following nationalities: Dominican, American, and eleven other countries. Forty percent (30%) of our personnel have been with us more than five years and have their bachelors' degrees, and 25% have a Master's degree in education.

Teaching personnel for the Grade School (Grades 1 through 5)
Teaching Personnel for the Middle School (Grades 6 through 8)
Teaching Personnel for High School (Grades 9 – 12)
Teaching Personnel for the Non-Core Curriculum

Parents' Committee

The parents are a vital part of our school community, and they are therefore volunteers as class delegates and sub-delegates. They help us with the school excursions, with the multicultural and science fairs, and many other school activities. The Parents' Committee is made up of a coordinator-president, a sub-coordinator/vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, and a member.

Parent Committee Coordination 2010-2011
Parent Committee Coordination 2011-2012

The Student Body

Eighty five percent (85%) of the students have been at the Colegio for more than three years, and 60% for more than five years. Many of our students enter the Colegio when they are in Pre-School, but our first graduation was in 1995. We have had fourteen graduations to date, and 95% of our graduates go on to the University. Thirty percent (30%) of these students went to the university in the United States, 60% in the Dominican Republic, and the rest attended universities in other parts of the world.

Our students have an average academic index of 85%, and 50% of the students are boys; the other 50% are girls. The daily attendance and punctuality are 97%. The index of passing students is 99%.

Many students participate in extracurricular activities, clubs, and sports teams. The clubs include the school newspaper, the literary magazine, and the yearbook. In sports, the students compete as teams in volleyball, basketball, soccer, bowling, and baseball events, and so on. In the domain of music, students play the violin, the piano, and the saxophone. There is also a school choir, ensemble and orchestra.

Additional information is in the school profile.