New Principals and Principals New to Positions

MEMO

To: Principals and Pastors

From: Karen Tarabochia, Assistant Superintendent for Personnel

RE: New Principals and Principals New to Positions


Archbishop Murphy High School
Fran Ennis, Principal
Fran served as Interim Principal at Archbishop Murphy this past school year and was selected by the search committee to continue in the position.

Bishop Blanchet High School
Dr. Kris Brynildsen-Smith, Interim Principal
Kris served as principal at Archbishop Murphy for 16 years and most recently served as the Archbishop’s Delegate, interim principal at St. Paul School. She will be serving as Interim Principal at Bishop Blanchet.

Eastside Catholic High School and Middle School
Sr. Mary Tracy, SNJM, President
We welcome Sr. Mary back home to the Pacific Northwest. Sr. Mary was principal at Holy Names Academy, and most recently served as Associate Executive Director for the Department of Secondary Schools for NCEA, in Washington D.C.

Tom Lord, High School Principal
Tom has served as principal for many years and most recently served as interim President at Archbishop Murphy High School and as interim principal at Bishop Blanchet High School, January through June of this past school year.

Polly Skinner, Middle School Principal
Polly has served at several Catholic Schools in her career and was most recently Head of School at Villa Academy.

Pope John Paul II, Lacey
Ron Edwards, Principal
Ron has been working for 2 years as the founding principal for John Paul II. This fall they will be opening their school year as guest of St. Michael’s parish in Olympia as their building is being renovated and prepared. It is the hope to be in the building by Christmas vacation, but they are opening with students this fall!!

All Saints, Puyallup
Terry Maguire, Principal
Terry has been principal at Christ the King School the past 7 years. He will be serving the All Saints School as principal this year.

Christ the King, Seattle
Anne Brand, Principal
Anne served as principal at Assumption School in Bellingham for 8 years. She “retired” and worked as Development Director at St. Mary Magdalen for 3 years. She missed the excitement of being a principal and will be serving as principal at Christ the King this year.

Pacific Crest Academy, Camas
Tamar Parker, Interim Principal
Tamar has been teaching at Pacific Crest and has agreed to serve as principal for this next year.

Queen of Angels, Port Angeles
Michael Juhas, Principal
Michael most recently worked at Jesuit College Preparatory School as the Latin teacher and coach in Dallas, Texas. He has taught in an International School in China and in Metairie Louisiana. ( Where his school did not survive Hurricane Katrina). He has relocated to Port Angeles with his wife and 2 young childrento begin his first administrative position.

St. Anne, Seattle
Mary Sherman, Principal
Mary brings her experience as a teacher at St. Marks and vice principal at St. Anne’s to her first year as principal of St. Anne.

St. Joseph, Chehalis
Gary Udd, Principal
Gary is retired from Castle Rock school district as a principal and then taught at St. Rose in Longview. He has served as a consultant this year at St. Joseph and has agreed to serve as the principal.

St. Luke, Shoreline
Chris Sharp, Principal
Chris comes to education after a career in law and finance. He has been teaching in the Bainbridge school district and will begin his administrative career as principal at St. Luke School.

St. Michael, Snohomish
Dr. Karen Matthews, Interim Principal
Suzanne Siekawitch has relocated to the tri cities area due to her husband’s job change. Suzanne has done a marvelous job of establishing this new school and we wish her and her family well. Dr. Karen Matthews, most recently served as principal at St. Luke’s, and will be serving as Interim Principal for the school year.

St. Paul School, Seattle
Betsy Kromer, Principal
Betsy has taught and been vice principal at Our Lady of Guadalupe for 16 years. She will be serving as principal at St. Paul School.

St. Philomena School, Des Moines
Steve Morissette, Principal
Steve served as principal at Holy Family, Seattle for 7 years, and most recently at All Saints School for 5 years. He will be serving at St. Philomena as principal.

St. Therese School, Seattle
Joe Budde, Interim Principal
Eileen Gray has moved on to a position in Seattle Public Schools and we thank her for her 20 years of service to St. Therese School. Joe Budde served as a principal in the Renton School District, then at St. Bernadette and St. Philomena as Interim principal, and will be serving at St. Therese this school year.

Villa Academy, Seattle
Jo Elsner, Interim Principal
Jo has been teaching at Villa Academy for 29 years and has agreed to serve this year as Interim Principal.