COVID 19 Health and Safety
Students are in-person at school five days a week, as required by the governor, OSPI and Washington State Department of Health. TPS will continue to follow the guidance provided by the governor and state and local health authorities. See the March 12, 2022 State Department of Health guidance for preschools and K-12.
News and Updates
Isolation and Quarantine Guidelines
- Who needs to isolate under the March 12, 2022 guidance from the state Department of Health?
- Who needs to quarantine under the March 12, 2022 guidance from the state Department of Health?
Who needs to isolate under the March 12, 2022 guidance from the state Department of Health?
Who needs to quarantine under the March 12, 2022 guidance from the state Department of Health?
Contact Tracing and Notification
Mask Guidelines
Vaccination and Testing Information
- How can students, staff and their families get free COVID-19 testing through TPS?
- Are COVID-19 vaccinations required for students?
- How can students get vaccinated?
- Are COVID-19 vaccinations required for school volunteers?
- When should students stay home and return to school if sick?
How can students, staff and their families get free COVID-19 testing through TPS?
Are COVID-19 vaccinations required for students?
How can students get vaccinated?
Are COVID-19 vaccinations required for school volunteers?
When should students stay home and return to school if sick?
Health and Safety in our Buildings
Remote Learning
Questions?
COVID Supervisors by Building
School | COVID Supervisor | Title | |
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Arlington | Ronnee E. Fullerton | Principal Elementary | rfuller@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Baker | Amy T. Latimer | Principal Middle School | alatime@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Baker | Montell A. Carter | Assistant Principal MS | mcarter2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Baker | Nikki R. Shockley | Assistant Principal MS | nshockl@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Baker | Charmain Campbell | Nurse | ccampbe@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Birney | Ronel J. Balatbat | Principal Elementary | rbalatb@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Birney | Britni L. Proudman | Assistant Principal ES | bproudm@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Blix | Heather A. Johnson | Principal Elementary | hjohnso@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Blix | Alissa G. Farias | Assistant Principal ES | afarias@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Boze | Janet L. Gates-Cortez | Assistant Principal Elementary | jcortez@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Boze | Arron N. Wilkins | Principal ES | awilki1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Browns Point | Cynthia A. Horner | Principal Elementary | chorner@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Bryant | Scott R. Monson | Principal Elementary | smonson@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Bryant | Ariel B. Becker | Assistant Principal ES | abecker1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Community Based Transisions Program | Taj Jensen | Director Title I and Support Programs | tjensen1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Crescent Heights | Cassandra Stephani | Principal Elementary | cstepha@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
DeLong | Eric T. Konishi | Principal Elementary | ekonish@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
DeLong | Maura P. Toohey | Assistant Principal ES | mtoohey@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Downing | Olga Manos | Principal Elementary | omanos@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Edison | Anita L. Roth | Principal Elementary | aroth@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Edison | Katrina R. Tuggle | Assistant Principal ES | ktuggle@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Edison | Erinn Seeley | Instructional Coach | ESEELEY@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Fawcett | Emily Hathaway | Principal Elementary | ehathaw@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Fawcett | Jana L. Holcombe | Assistant Principal ES | jholcom1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Fern Hill | Natasha N. Wyatt | Principal Elementary | nwyatt@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
First Creek | Casey E. Cox | Principal Middle School | ccox@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
First Creek | Robert Arial | Assistant Principal MS | rarial@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
First Creek | Tim Harris | Assitant Principal ES | tharris2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Foss | Lysandra D. Ness | Principal High School | lness@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Foss | Wayne A. Greer | Assistant Principal HS | wgreer@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Franklin | Constance E. Daw | Principal Elementary | cdaw@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Franklin | Sandy Izaguirre | Office Coordinator Elem | sizagui@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Geiger | Neil P. OBrien | Principal Elementary | nobrien@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Geiger | Roxanne Luvaas | Office Coordinator Elem | RLUVAAS@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Giaudrone | Shannan L. Graves | Principal Middle School | sgraves@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Giaudrone | Khai Q. Peirce | Assistant Principal MS | kpeirce@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Grant | Vince P. Blauser | Principal Elementary | vblause@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Gray | Kristin A. Tinder | Principal Middle School | ktinder@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Gray | Anne Mosich | Assistant Principal MS | amosich@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Hilltop Heritage | Christine A. Brandt | Principal Middle School | cbrand1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Hilltop Heritage | Michael W. Knuckles | Principal Middle School | mknuckl@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Hilltop Heritage | Anna B. Kang | Assistant Principal MS | akang@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Hunt | Kimberly E. Messersmith | Principal Middle School | ksmith1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Hunt | David Kellogg | Assitant Principal MS | dkellog@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
IDEA | Jonathan R. Ketler | Director, SAMI/SOTA/IDEA | jketler@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
IDEA | Kainoa S. Higgins | Co-Director IDEA | khiggin@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
IDEA | Zach Varnell | Co-Director SAMI/SOTA/IDEA | zvarnel@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Jefferson | James G. Ball | Principal Elementary | jball@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Larchmont | Melissa L. Thienes | Principal Elementary | mthiene@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lincoln | Patrick J. Erwin | Principal High School | perwin@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lincoln | Logic S. Allah-Amen | Assistant Principal HS | lamen@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lincoln | Jennifer M. Brown | Assistant Principal HS | jbrown2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lincoln | Saraswati Hendrix | Assistant Principal HS | shendri@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lister | Kristi C. King | Principal Elementary | kking2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lister | Carie B. Bourgaize | Assistant Principal ES | cbourga@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lowell | Renee Rossman | Principal Elementary | rrossma@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lyon | Sharon Tsuneishi | Principal Elementary | stsunei@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Madison Early Learning Center | Michelle Rahl-Lewis | Director of Early Learning/Head Start & ECEAP | mlewis1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Manitou Park | Lauren A. Taylor | Principal Elementary | ltaylor1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Manitou Park | Lisa A. Gibbs | Assistant Principal ES | lleen@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Manitou Park | Shannon Trujillo | Office Coordinator Elem | strujil1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Mann | Heather R. Patterson-Hutton | Principal Elementary | hpatter@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Mann | Katherine Boyd | Substitute Principal Retired | kboyd@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Mann | Kelley Salas | Office Coordinator Elem | ksalas@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Mason | Joshua S. Zarling | Principal Middle School | jzarlin@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Mason | Mark E. Phillips | Assistant Principal MS | mphill4@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Mason | Kevin Pattison | Behavioral Intervention Specialist | kpattis1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
McCarver | Stephany M. Wright | Principal Elementary | swright2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
McCarver | Ryan N. Prosser | Assistant Principal ES | rprosse@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Meeker | Patrick L. Kjack | Principal Middle School | pkjack@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Meeker | James C. Van Stralen | Assistant Principal MS | jvanstr@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Mt Tahoma | David K. McColgan | Principal High School | dmccolg@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Mt Tahoma | Rosalia Burson | Assistant Principal HS | rburson1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Mt Tahoma | Nicholas A. Parks | Assistant Principal HS | nparks@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Mt Tahoma | Andrea M. Pham | Assistant Principal HS | apham@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
N.E. Tacoma | Kristeanna L. Devenuti | Principal Elementary | kdevenu@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Oakland | John M. Jones | Principal High School | jjones@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Pt Defiance | John Aiken | Principal Elementary | jaiken@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Reed | Abby C. Sloan | Principal Elementary | asloan@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Reed | Kimberly A. Hildebrandt | Assistant Principal ES | khildeb@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Roosevelt | Jennifer K. Cooper | Principal Elementary | jcooper@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Roosevelt | Bianca Gomez | Instructional Coach | bgomez@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Roosevelt | Beverly Simmons | Community Liaison | BSIMMON@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
SAMI | Jonathan R. Ketler | Director, SAMI/SOTA/IDEA | jketler@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
SAMI | Joni R. Hall | Co-Director SAMI | jhall@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
SAMI | Elizabeth L. Minks | Co-Direcotr SAMI | lminks@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
SAMI | Zach Varnell | Co-Director SAMI/SOTA/IDEA | zvarnel@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Sheridan | Kecia J. Keller | Principal Elementary | kkeller@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Sheridan | Marissa K. McColm | Assistant Principal ES | mcabadi@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Sherman | Christian L. Jordan | Principal Elementary | cjordan@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Sherman | Sarah Paskett | Office Coordinator Elem | spasket@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Silas | Bernadette C. Ray | Principal High School | bray@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Silas | Allison Bennett | Assistant Principal HS | abennet@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Silas | Rindi R. Hartman | Assistant Principal HS | rhartm1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Silas | Karl P. Hoseth | Assistant Principal HS | khoseth@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Skyline | Regina Lake | Principal Elementary | rlake@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
SOTA | Jonathan R. Ketler | Director, SAMI/SOTA/IDEA | jketler@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
SOTA | Bliss L. King | Co-Director SOTA | bking2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
SOTA | Aaron Bellessa | Co-Director SOTA | abelles@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
SOTA | Zach Varnell | Co-Director SAMI/SOTA/IDEA | zvarnel@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
SOTA | Rolly Brazel | Campus Security Officer | rbrazel@Tacoma.k12.Wa.US |
Stadium | Shannon R. Marshall | Principal High School | smarsha@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stadium | Dwayne K. Folsom | Assistant Principal HS | dfolsom1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stadium | Thomas L. Frier | Assistant Principal HS | tfrier@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stadium | Maryn K. Sage | Assistant Principal HS | msage1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stafford | Lindsay K. Bowman | Principal Elementary | lbowman1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stafford | Ryann N. Nelson | Assistant Principal ES | rnelson1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stanley | Julia L. Heacox | Principal Elementary | jheacox@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stewart | Donald L. Crider | Principal Middle School | dcrider@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stewart | Michael Elford | Assistant Principal MS | melford@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
TOL | Adam Kulaas | Principal | akulaas@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
TOL | Shaun A. Martin | Assistant Principal | smartin2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
TOL | R. Paul Eliot | Assistant Principal | peliot@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
TOL | Kristie Stanek-Wolford | Assistant Principal | kstanek@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Truman | Andre Stout | Principal Middle School | astout1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Truman | Mark D. Kilcup | Assistant Principal MS | mkilcup@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Truman | Robin Anable | Office Coordinator MS | RANABLE@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Wainwright | Donna M. Basil | Principal Middle School | dbasil@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Wainwright | Susan J. Chandler | Assistant Principal MS | schandl1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Wainwright | Michelle Van Dyke | Office Coordinator MS | MVANDYK1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Washington | Edward B. Schau | Principal Elementary | eschau@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Whitman | Tracy E. Allen | Principal Elementary | tallen@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Whittier | Benjamin E. Schau | Principal Elementary | bschau@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Whittier | Traci Frank | Instructional Coach | tfrank@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Willard | Michelle R. Rahl-Lewis | Director Early Learning | mlewis1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Willard | Christina Dabney | Admin Secretary Early Learning | CDABNEY@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Willie Stewart Academy & Remann Hall | Renee Froembling | Principal High School | rfroemb@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Willie Stewart Academy | Becca Christenson | Teacher Reengagement | bchrist1@Tacoma.K12.WA.US |
Questions for Tacoma Schools?
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