Redmond, Wash. – The Lake Washington School District (LWSD) announces a number of changes in school administrators. Five new principals will serve in district schools while four other principals will have different or additional assignments.
Karen Barker has been selected to serve as the principal at Dickinson Elementary and Explorer Community School in Redmond. Karen interned at both Maywood Hills Elementary in Northshore School District and at Odle Middle School in the Bellevue School District. Karen has taught in Oak Harbor School District and Northshore School District for the past ten years, serving as a math and reading instructor as well as a health and fitness teacher and curriculum developer. Karen earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Western Washington University and her Masters’ degree from Emporia State University. She graduated from the University of Washington’s Danforth Educational Leadership Program in June.
Matthew Livingston has been selected to serve as the principal of International Community School (ICS) and Community School, both in Kirkland. Matthew comes to LWSD from San Francisco Read More >>,
He has served as principal of International Studies Academy (ISA), a grades 6-12 school in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), since 2006. Before his principalship at ISA, Matthew served as principal at Gloria Davis Middle School and at Charles Drew Elementary School, both in SFUSD. Before becoming a principal, Matthew taught middle school mathematics in SFUSD. Matthew earned his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of California San Diego, his Master of Education and administrative credential at San Francisco State University, and his Doctor of Education in Leadership in Education Equity at University of California Berkley.
Craig Madsen has been selected to serve as the interim principal at Bell Elementary for the 2011-12 school year. Craig was an elementary teacher in the district at both Mark Twain and Horace Mann Elementary Schools. He was a successful elementary principal for 20 years in the Edmonds School District. Since that time Craig has been a successful and much respected Interim Principal for five different schools throughout the Puget Sound area. Within these administrative assignments, Craig has also been a part of and overseen several major remodel/construction projects for various elementary schools.
Kirsten McArdle has been selected as the new principal of Rockwell Elementary in Redmond. Kirsten has over ten years of experience at the elementary level, serving as a Special Education teacher, a fifth grade teacher, and a Kindergarten teacher. Kirsten comes to Lake Washington from the Issaquah School District, where she has progressively taken on a variety of building leadership roles over the past seven years, culminating in the completion of her administrative internship at Clark Elementary School this past year. Kirsten earned her Bachelor of Arts in English at Clark University in Worchester, Mass., her Master of Science and Education at Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts, and her principal certification at University of Washington’s Danforth Program.
Jamie Warner has been selected to serve as the new principal at Samantha Smith Elementary in Sammamish. Jamie has been with the district since 2006, teaching fifth and sixth grade at Franklin Elementary and Carson Elementary. She was a member of the core planning team at Carson and has taken on leadership roles at the school this past year as an administrative intern. Jamie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Washington State University and her Master of Educational Leadership at City University. She graduated with her administrative credential this June. Changes in assignmentTina Livingston, the current principal at Rockwell Elementary, will move to Rosa Parks Elementary.
Toby Brenner, the current Technology Integration and eLearning Coordinator, will fill the principal position at Frost Elementary in Kirkland. Cindy Duenas, the current principal at International Community School, Community School and Environmental and Adventure School, will become the planning principal for the new STEM school. Victor Scarpelli, the current principal at Finn Hill Junior High will add principal at Environmental and Adventure School to his assignment.
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