Dawn McGee
Dawn McGee has lived on the coast since 2003 and feels very blessed to have raised her four children in this community. She has been an active volunteer in the local school district, in her church and in the HMB area. She truly enjoys building connections and helping others.
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Dawn graduated with a degree in Biology from Grinnell College. She earned three Masters degrees in the areas of Biology, Business Administration, and Hospital and Health Administration from the University of Iowa. She believes that a strong educational foundation is critical to future success and that education should be fun and active for children. She is especially interested in math and science and loves learning alongside children and watching their interests grow and develop.
Jamie Weintraub
Jamie (Bub) has been an educator for 23 years in Los Angeles and San Francisco, eventually founding Main Street Scholars In Half Moon Bay. She attended Loyola Marymount University where she earned her BA and two Master’s, one in School Administration.
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While in LA Jamie began teaching SAT Prep courses (Reading and Writing) for Scholars in Progress where she successfully helped many students raise their confidence level in test-taking, which allowed them to successfully raise their test scores in the Reading and Writing sections of the test.
In 2010, Jamie and her husband Jack relocated to Half Moon Bay to be nearer to her family and grandchildren. For the first four years she taught in SF at Schools of the Sacred Heart while coaching a number of students in HMB. Jamie opened her office on Main Street in June, 2014 and had expanded MSS educational services to include after-school coaching, SAT/ACT Prep, and along with Liz Murphy College Advising, offers College Advising helping students navigate the College Application Admissions Process.
In August, 2014 Jamie opened the office to include structured support for home-school students on the Coastside. As a lifelong learner herself, she realizes the importance of educating for the 21st century student. The skills of tomorrow are dependent upon the critical-thinking skills a student develops today. More than content alone, the students of today need interdisciplinary thinking which has content embedded as well as the confidence and resilience to thrive in life. The nature of high-stakes testing in our global society is key to entrance into our competitive world. Yet, having a well-developed skill set from individualized learning creates a student who gains the opportunity to access to the American Dream in a global reality.
Today, Main Street Scholars successfully supports many students through our College Prep School and Academic Coaching Center.
governance
Board members
Robyn DeMartini
Jennifer Islander
Lori Mattel
Jamie Weintraub, ex-officio
Steve Wilson, emeritus
Danny Boy
Danny Boy, a golden labrador retriever, is a certified service animal. Born September, 2019, he joined MSS the day he turned 8 weeks old. Then COVID came—after a few months at school he spent the next two years of life at home with Jamie. His formal training began when he was almost 2.5 years old.
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Danny’s AKC name is Daniel Francis. He was named Daniel for one of the first MSS students, who changed Jamie’s life 30 years ago; and Francis because Jamie found out he would be hers on the feast of St Francis of Assisi.
Danny loves being with the kids. He is happy to listen to reluctant readers, he enjoys naps during classes, and takes daily walks with Jamie to visit his friends along Main Street. Father José at Our Lady of the Pillar says Danny Boy is his “best parishioner.”
MSS is Home of the Labradors, and like Danny Boy, we enjoy coming to school, learning, and getting our work done!
