Patsene Dashiell/Port Angeles School District

Patsene Dashiell/Port Angeles School District

PHOTO: New staff members join Port Angeles School District

Port Angeles School District recently welcomed new teaching staff.

Pictured in the front row, from left, are Cara Prentiss, Port Angeles High School, Special Education teacher; Crystal Bennett, PAHS Special Education teacher; Pamela Miller, Jefferson Elementary, second-grade teacher; Jessica McCalla, Dry Creek Elementary, kindergarten teacher; and Mollie Plocher, Roosevelt Elementary, Special Education teacher.

In the second row, from left, are Beth Clifford, Lincoln High School and Stevens Middle School, counselor; Dana Christenson, Stevens Middle School, counselor; Tiffany Lewis, Dry Creek Elementary, fifth-grade teacher; Amber HanMen, PASD, occupational therapist; and Nathan Rodahl, PAHS, orchestra teacher.

In the third row, from left, are Angela Tamas, Dry Creek Elementary, fourth-grade teacher; Christine Spaulding, Stevens Middle School, Career Technical Education Trade and Industry robotics teacher; Kaylee McCaslin, Roosevelt Elementary, first-grade teacher; John Dryke, PAHS, machine shop teacher; Casey Dietz, Jefferson and Dry Creek Elementary Schools, physical education teacher; and Brent Washe, Dry Creek and Roosevelt Elementary Schools, physical education teacher.

Alicia Vaughn, Roosevelt Elementary, second-grade teacher and Katie Thacker, Roosevelt Elementary, kindergarten teacher are not pictured.

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