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Staff Directory

Administration
Adam Wallas
Principal
425.635.6711Email
Angela Emmett
Vice Principal
425.635.6717Email
Ellen Lelas
Administrative Assistant
425.688.5425Email
Recreational Therapy
Recreation therapists are responsible for organizing outings, providing life skills classes and experiential learning activities, and faciliitating recreation/social integration programs for the school. Students have the opportunity to earn off-campus outings by demonstrating consistency with safety, work completion, and participation in on-campus programs.
Grace Devine
C1, C2
425.635.6710Email
Carrie Philbrick
C3, C4
425.688.6715Email
Bobby Skoor
C5, C6, C7
425.635.6716Email
Behavioral Intervention Specialists
Behavior Intervention Specialists are responsible for leading Right Reponse training for the entire staff, functional behavior assessments and positive behavior intervention plans for students, crisis management throughout the day. They also work jointly with school counselors to provide parent support.
Janae Reed
C1, C2
425.635.6728Email
Shayna Kay
C3, C4
425.635.6719Email
Kim Mitchell
C5, C6, C7
425.635.6729Email
School Counselors
School counselors offer 1:1 counseling, group counseling, crisis response, case management for students and families, and work jointly with Behavior Intervention Specialists to provide parent support.
Darcy Newby
C1, C2, C3, C4
425.635.6713Email
Christopher Hibbeln
C4, C5, C6, C7
425.635.6714Email
Teachers
Teachers are responsible for the planning and implementation of all academic classes, IEP development and maintenance, supervision of classroom staff and frequent communication with parents. Every classroom has a lead teacher who is also responsible for scheduling and leading quarterly meetings. All team members are expected to work collaboratively to meet the individual needs of every student.

Sarah Murphy
C1
425.635.6721Email
Kara Glassman
C2
425.635.6722Email
Cari Kennedy
C3
425.635.6723Email
Amy Marshall
C4
425.635.6722Email
Sara Dominguez
C6
425.635.6726Email
Micah Gibbens
C7
425.635.6727Email
Para-Educators
Para-Educators are responsible for supporting classroom instruction and assisting the teacher with case management. There are two Medication Para-Educators who assist with medication management.

Instructional Assistants
Instructional Assistants work on the floor side-by-side with the students providing educational, behavioral, and emotional support under the supervision of the classroom teacher.