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Mathematics
Mathematics: Math is seen as another language. We could call the subject “numeracy” in keeping with “literacy”, which may more accurately reflect our understanding of the subject. Children need practice in mathematics in order to build confidence, and they often do best when the approach to the subject allows them to grow their sense of number over time. A “spiral curriculum”, one that keeps returning to certain basic concepts while at the same time pushing outward, meets the needs of most children. We work with math standards established by the National Council of Mathematics and draw our resources from the Miquon Math Program, Bridges Mathematics Curriculum, Math Their Way and Marilyn Burns material.
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Faculty
Teaching at Lake and Park is collaborative as themes are shared across the grades and among the teachers. We believe that children benefit from learning art (and sports and music) from a teacher whom they also learn to read and write and do mathematics with; each teacher operates as a generalist. Because there is a strong multi-age component to each school day, each child is known and supported by the entire faculty.
Quynh Cao
Quynh Cao teaches the children in the North Room. Cao received a Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education from Texas A & M. She holds a degree from Del Mar College in Digital Media. She joined our faculty in September of 2013, having taught in the Texas public schools before moving to Seattle.
Andy Gregory
Andy Gregory works across the grades. He holds a Masters in Elementary Education from Antioch University and a Bachelor of Arts in Ecological Studies from Seattle University. Gregory taught at the preschool level in the Seattle Public Schools and has been with Lake and Park School since 2014.
Camille Hayward
Camille Hayward, as director, also teaches the Beginning Class. Her experience includes a decade at Seattle Country Day School in the 1980’s and another decade at The Valley School of Seattle in the 1990’s. Directly before beginning her current work at Lake and Park, she taught second grade at The Seattle Jewish Community School from 2001-2003. Hayward is a graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in English and Elementary Education.
Eileen Hynes
Eileen Hynes is the Director of Thematic Studies and the Admissions Director at Lake and Park School. She began her career in NWAIS schools in 1984 and taught for an extensive period at The Hutch School. Nationally Board Certified in 2006, Hynes is a National Geographic Teacher Fellow and a NOAA Climate Steward. She was named the Seattle World Affairs Council World Educator in 2016. She holds a Master’s Degree in Education from Bank Street College, New York and a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from Kenyon College. She has been a faculty member since 2011.
Maudie James
Maudie James, Director of Lake and Park’s After School Care Program, works throughout the school as a support teacher. James holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Minnesota, Duluth with a minor in Environmental Education. She worked as a para-educator in the Seattle Public Schools. She began working at Lake and Park School in 2015.
Kim Martinson
Kim Martinson joins us as a co-teacher in both the Beginning and Very Beginning rooms. Martinson has been a child care provider in home settings and worked in schools and recreational facilities since 2008. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and the Teaching of Social Studies from Western Washington University.
Morgan Padgett
Morgan Padgett teaches children ages six through eight, having taught at both The Oregon Episcopal School and The Torah Community School, prior to teaching at Lake and Park. She has been with the school since 2013. Padgett holds a Master’s degree in Education from Concordia University and Bachelor Degrees in Psychology and Art History from Lewis & Clark College.
Thomas Bain
Thomas Bain serves as a Support Teacher in the Beginning classroom. He has a BA Literature/cultural studies from Evergreen State College. His experience spans fourteen years working in schools with elementary aged children; beginning with the YMCA, the Northwest Montessori School, the Bush School, and now Lake and Park.
Marian Sheehan
Marian Sheehan works throughout the school as our academic support specialist. She brings years of experience at Children’s Hospital in Seattle and Gillette Hospital in St. Paul, MN. and over twenty years in private practice. Sheehan earned her PhD in 1981 from the University of Minnesota majoring in Speech-Language Pathology and minoring in Child Psychology. Marian joined the faculty at Lake and Park in 2015.
Bruce Baker
We are privileged to have Bruce Baker joining us in a variety of capacities throughout each month. He supports the musical program by playing instruments and leading singing during Sing Along sessions, helps small groups of children learn to play instruments when the opportunity arises, and works behind the scenes with regards to our technological needs. Bruce is a graduate of M.I.T. and the University of Washington and a retired Century Link engineer, having an avocation in musicianship and musical folklore. Baker has been involved in leadership roles with the Seattle Folklore Society for the past 35 years.
Leslie Adams
Leslie Adams holds a Master’s in Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology from the University of Washington, as well as a Certificate of Clinical Competence. Specializing in language/learning difficulties, she is trained in a variety of remedial reading programs which include those focused on working with children with dyslexia and dysgraphia. She brings to her current position at Lake and Park years of experience in both private tutoring and an established background in individual and small group instruction with children at various regional independent schools. Adams works closely in collaboration with classroom teachers.