Kim Criens has been with Singapore American School since 2003 and serves in the newly created position of director of student life and co-curricular programs. In this role, he supports all on-campus social-emotional learning as well as the robust co-curricular program at SAS. Criens started as a student-teacher in the high school physical education and health department before moving into the role of high school assistant activities and athletics director and most recently as the high school athletics director. Criens holds a master of Science degree from the State University of New York, a Bachelor of Education from the University of Amsterdam, and a Certificate of International School Leadership from the Principals' Training Center. Also a third-culture kid, Criens grew up in Cairo, Egypt, where he lived for 15 years while attending Cairo American College. He serves at SAS alongside his wife Anna Criens (a music teacher in the elementary school) and has three children enrolled in the elementary school.