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| Meet the Staff of Valley View Elementary School 17622 46th Ave. South/ Sea-Tac, WA 98188 206-433-2377
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Judy Longstreth, Grant Administrator and Retired Principal Judy has been Principal at Valley View for five years. Over her 28 years in education, she has taught grades 2 through 8 with five of those years in gifted education. Making learning fun and intriguing for students is her goal. |
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LeeAnn Robertson, Office Manager
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Sandy Kleinis currently teaching kindergarten in the morning and 3rd and 4th grade math/science in the afternoons. Sandy earned a bachelor’s degree at Washington State University in Pullman (go Cougars!) and has taught 33 years for Highline School District. She is married with three lovely daughters. Two are married; one has a professional career working in sales, and the third specializes in horse massage. Sandy lives on a farm with way too many animals: 20 cows, 4 horses, 2 dogs, many farm cats, and numerous rats and mice. She loves gardening, reading mysteries, and going on long adventures |
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Sarah RoundsThis is Sarah's first year at Valley View. She is teaching first grade all day.
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Teresa Bond teaches 2nd graders language arts and math to 4th and 5th grade in the afternoon. She has worked 9 years in the Highline Schools. Teresa is married with a young son and daughter. She completed her master’s program in science education at UW Tacoma. Teresa enjoys camping, hiking, and other outdoors activities. Teresa loves to travel and enjoys watching high school sports such as gymnastics, diving, and track. |
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Ginnie Brossard has taught for 16 years at Valley View. She teaches 2nd and 3rd all day. Ginnie has a husband and son and they enjoyed camping, skiing, and hiking together. In the summer she loves to garden and she jogs everyday. Ginnie especially enjoys teaching reading and sharing books. So many books so little time! Ginnie is attending Leslie University to obtain her master’s degree in Arts in Education. |
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Nancy Weeks currently teaches 3rd through 5th grades. She has taught preschool through college age students since 1973. Her favorite activities are kayaking, hiking, skiing, dancing, and gazing at wild places. Nancy loves to write and read, especially fiction and poetry, and has published and taught poetry to adults. She is proud to be a Seattle native and has close family and one daughter, Amanda. Nancy loves to travel and most recently went to Mexico to get some sun during mid-winter break. |
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Carlyn Roedell has been teaching since 1975. She can’t figure out where all that time has gone to so quickly! Carlyn has a B.A. in elementary education with a minor in English literature from Western State in Bellingham. She earned her Masters degree in special education at Seattle University. She loves to teach art, natural science, and create fun projects with kids. Carlyn loves to read, cook, hike, and cross-country ski. She loves learning about the out of doors. Carlyn and her husband have even backpacked the 90-mile Wonderland Trail around Mt. Rainier! Her favorite foods are cookies, cake, pizza, and maple bars! Carlyn owns two spoiled dogs, Choriza and Rufus. |
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Tracey Drum currently teaches 4th and 5th grade language arts/social studies and 5/th and 6th grade math/science. Tracey has a B.A. in history and political science from the University of Washington and a Master’s in Teaching from Seattle University. She has served as the director of the grant through the duration of the Travel Through Time and Culture project. |
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Jan Sherwood has taught at Valley View for 23 years! She’s is teaching children of former students. Why is she still here? “VV suits me perfectly,” says Jan. “It’s small and warm, caring, and creative. It’s ever changing, yet the same. Jan loves drop in visits from alums. Yes, there is math in everything; and reading, communicating, history, and science (especially geology), according to Jan. Teaching is never dull and a favorite subject is just a tomorrow away. |
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Michael Grife has taught for over 20 years, most of those years at Valley View. He is currently teaching 5th and 6th language arts/social studies in the morning and 3rd and 4th grade math/science in the afternoon. Michael loves working at VV, especially working with different children at varying age levels. He runs the Valley View Chess Club on Monday afternoons. |
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Sharene Vendelin is job sharing with Michael Grife, teaching to 5th and 6th graders language arts and 3rd and 4th graders math and science. Sharene has a husband, Ben, a son, Coby (2 ½), and a baby daughter. She taught 4th grade before coming to Valley View and job-shares with Mrs. Bond. Sharene loves history and reading in particular. She loves both playing and watching sports such as basketball, softball, soccer, and swimming. Sharene enjoys a great novel! |
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Ron Adams teaches language arts to 5th and 6th grade students in the morning, and math and science to primary grade students in the afternoon. Mr. Adams has an interest and experience in languages and foreign cultures. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire a long time ago. Mr. Adams has two children who attend Highline Schools. |
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Kelly
Plowman
earned an ASU bachelors degree at Tempe, Arizona. It is her 6th
year teaching at Valley View. She has taught grades 2-4 in Math
and Science and grades 5-6 Challenge Language Arts.
plowmakj@hsd401.org |
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Michael Thorson, aka "Mr. T.") has been the librarian at Valley View since 1981! He is the tallest teacher in the school AND the oldest teacher at the school. When T. arrived at Valley View he had just one teddy bear to put on the shelf. He’s not sure how many bears there are now – he lost count after he reached 100. Mr. T. is always saying that he is the luckiest guy in the school because he gets to work with everybody. He thinks reading is one of the most important skills you will ever learn in your life and he will be happy to recommend books for you any time. People are always asking Mr. T. the title of his favorite book. He has a hard time answering that question because he reads hundreds of books every year and so many of them are great. When it comes right down to it, T. says the five books in the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander are at the top of his list. |
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Melanie Berg began teaching Special Education for Highline in 1992 at Chinook Middle School. She taught 9 years at White Center Heights and this is her second year as part time Special Education teacher here at Valley View. Melanie has been teaching for 31 years.Officially retired in 2001, Melanies was called back to work. I She loves it here! Such a wonderful family of faculty and students with an exciting educational opportunity! I have two grown children. My daughter has made us grandparents of three and my son is not married yet. My husband, Claire and I enjoy square dancing and traveling abroad as well as in our 5th wheel trailer. I swim in tghe morning before school, love mysteries, and like to bike ride as well as hike. I graduated from WSU and got my masters degree from City University. |
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Lisa Matsui Lisa has worked in Highline School District for fifteen years. She is a Speech Language Pathologist focusing on speech and language disorders in student including articulation, voice, fluency, and language. Valley View is one of three schools where Lisa works this year. For fun, Lisa enjoy the outdoors. She loves hiking, skiing, camping and gardening. She does lots and lots of dog walking too. |
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Steve Walker, Band Teacher |
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Rebecca Byron teaches PE and health to all first through sixth grades. She is active in hiking, dancing, skiing, cooking, & watching and reading about sports. She has two teenage boys who participate in football, soccer, baseball, track, wresting, snowboarding, and music. |
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Sue Charlshe Computer Lab Coordinator
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Georgia Bailey has worked at Valley View for 15 years. Her favorite thing is to see a child learn! Georgia has a husband and two children in college. Every Wednesday her husband brings lunch for Georgia and a few lucky staff members. Georgia loves camping and traveling around the world. Her goal in life is to visit every continent on earth.
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Debbie James Debbie has held several jobs. She started in the kindergarten class and then moved to working with special education students. Currently Debbie spends much of her day helping students in the Valley View library, however she also is a student monitor and cashiers for the lunch period. In her free time, Debbie likes to read any kind of book and spend time with her two children and husband.
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Karen Fosberg For five years Karen has been on staff at Valley View. She started volunteering, however, eleven years ago. At present Karen is heading up Norbert’s Nest, our tutoring room. Each day she sees approximately 25 students. Outside of school she likes to travel and buy antiques. Her two boys happily fill up a lot of her time. |
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Jeanne Stratton has worked at Valley View for five years both in the office and working with students in the classroom. She loves reading mysteries and solving them; that’s why she works at Valley View. Jeanne just moved to Kent last summer with her family. She has a husband, Gary, and two sons, Michael and David. Jeanne loves having the woods near her house that kids can play in. |
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Julie Bremer has worked at Valley View for 13 years in the office, the classrooms, and supervising the playground. She most likes working with children individually. Julie loves working with LeAnn and says she is the best person to work with she can think of! Julie enjoys the outdoors. She is married and has one lovely daughter. Jan Sherwood was once Julie’s teacher, when Julie was in junior high! |
| Kelly Delano, Head Custodian
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Sharon Nelson, Nurse
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| Celine Hagen, First Assistant Custodian, Celine has worked for Highline School District for 23 years. She has been a great help at Valley View for the past four years. Celine’s family is in Kirkland and Issaquah. She loves to visit her nieces and nephews whenever she has time.
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