Staff Directory

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Staff Directory

Position Name Email Phone
Main Office   mann.elem@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6300
Fax Number     253-571-6301
Health Room     253-571-6352
Office Staff
Principal & COVID Site Supervisor Heather Patterson-Hutton hpatter@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6300
Office Coordinator & COVID Site Supervisor Kelley Salas ksalas@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6300
Elementary Secretary Lark Hochstein lhochst@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6350
Student Support
Behavior Interventionist Julie Fuoco jfuoco@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6300
Family Liaison Kim Hunter khunter@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6360
Nurse Marla Gonzalez mgonzal@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6352
Occupational Therapist Tracy Chappell tchappe@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6338
Psychologist Dajana Kurbegovic dkurbeg@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6354
Counselor Leanne Steffke lsteffk@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6359
Physical Therapist Koko Waters-Vogel kwaters@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6337
Instructional Coach Catherine Butler cbutler@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6336
Speech Language Pathologist Becky Bird rbird@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6337
Specialist Teachers      
Learning Resource Center (LRC) Tina Click tclick@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6303
PE Hailey Ortega Villarreal hortega@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6331
Music Olivia Samuel oalliso@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6334
Librarian Lyneea Kmail lkmail@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6362
Title I Karen Miller kmiller@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6322
LAP Bertina Kelley bkelle1@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6308
ML (EL) Linda Grigholm lgrigho@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6311
Preschool & Headstart      
Peer Inclusion Preschool Robin Gibson rgibson@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6304
Family Advocate Rebecca Padilla rpadill1@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6347
Head Start Lead Galina Prisyazhnyuk gprisya@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6345
Head Start Educational Support Professional Chrystal Elvin celvin@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6345
Head Start Educational Support Professional Glady Rodriguez-Garcia grodrig@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6345
K-5 Classroom Teachers      
Kindergarten Kellie Ruth kruth@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6315
Kindergarten Tanya Kidder tkidder1@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6316
First Tinalea Barsuglia tbarsug@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6319
First Kim Danek kdanek@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6320
First Courtney Erker cerker@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6318
Second Angela McCormack amccorm@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6307
Second Sylvia Wilson swilson@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6309
Third TBD    253-571-6305
Third Darin Bott dbott@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6310
Fourth Trent Comer tcomer@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6323
Fourth Hannah Swift hswift@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6306
Fifth Angela Hawkins ahawkin1@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6324
Fifth Arlee Hall ahall5@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6325
SAIL (3rd-5th) Kris Furrer kfurrer@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6329
Building Support      
Educational Support Professional Katie Palmer kpalmer@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6327
Educational Support Professional Michelle Srisuk msrisuk@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6327
Educational Support Professional Erin Gilman egilman@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6327
Educational Support Professional Jaylynn Bustamante jbustam1@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6327
Educational Support Professional Heather Waetzig hwaetzi@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6304
Chief Custodian Vladimir Orlov vorlov@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6342
Night Custodian Nadiya Morozova nmorozo@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6342
Night Custodian Katelynne Riley kriley@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6342
Nutrition Services Cheryl Paul cpaul@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6343
Nutrition Services Lupe Trujillo ftrujil@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6343
Nutrition Services Rebecca Moore rmoore1@tacoma.k12.wa.us 253-571-6343

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