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253-571-7100

Email Addresses

downing@tacoma.k12.wa.us

DowningAttendance@tacoma.k12.wa.us

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5130 N. 26th Street
Tacoma, WA 98406

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Name Position Phone Email
Cynthia Blanchfield-Johnson Principal 253-571-7133 cblanch@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Susan O'Leary Office Coordinator 253-571-7145 soleary@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Christina Ethengan Office Secretary 253-571-7150 cetheng@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Laurie Aliabadi Nurse 253-571-7142 laliaba@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Lyana Williams Health Clerk 253-571-7142 lwillia10@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Dayshon Johnson Chief Day Custodian 253-571-7130 djohnso1@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Ivory Hem Night Custodian 253-571-7130 ihem@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Kimberly Allen Lead Nutrition Specialist 253-571-7125 kallen3@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Rebecca Tachell Nutrition Specialist 253-571-7125 rtachel@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Laura Venegas Nutrition Specialist 253-571-7125 lvenega@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Stacy Amsden Instructional Coach 253-571-7120 samsden@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Megan Durkee Psychologist 253-571-7122 mdurkee@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Elizabeth Rigoulot Counselor 253-571-7106 erigoul@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Tammy McIntosh Educational Support Assistant 253-571-7131 tmcinto@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Alissa McDonald Educational Support Assistant 253-571-7131 amcdona@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Nathan Fiedler PTA President 253-571-7144 montdowningpta@gmail.com
Patricia Hagerty Headstart Teacher 253-571-7114 phagert1@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Valentina Rybalka Headstart Advocate 253-571-7115 vrybalk@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Jessica Bracken Headstart  Para 253-571-7114 jbracke1@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Kourtney Ott Headstart Para 253-571-7114 kott@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Mirae Brooks Transitional Kindergarten Teacher 253-571-7116 mbrooks@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Alicia Slattendale TK Para 253-571-7116 aslatte@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Laura Kroll Kindergarten Teacher 253-571-7118 lkroll@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Tara Fouts Kindergarten Teacher 253-571-7123 tfouts@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Theresa Hamilton 1st Grade 253-571-7112 thamil3@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Wendy DiCroce 1st Grade 253-571-7112 wdicroc@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Carie Tomlinson 2nd Grade 253-571-7110 ctomlin@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Rainbow Dickerson-Leech 2nd Grade 253-571-7109 rdicker@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Ashley (Rosanne) White 3rd Grade 253-571-7107 awhite1@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Cristina Burk 3rd Grade 253-571-7108 cburk@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Karly Druzianich 4th Grade 253-571-7102 kdruzia@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Stacy McDougall 4th Grade 253-571-7103 smcdou1@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Karen Barnes 5th Grade 253-571-7105 kbarnes@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Joy Korff SUCCESS Teacher 253-571-7117 jkorff@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Jaime Willet SUCCESS Para 253-571-7117 jwillet@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Makenna Borell SUCCESS Para 253-571-7117 mborell@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Stevey Amsden 1:1 Para  

samsden2@tacoma.k12.wa.us

Jodi Jensen Librarian 253-571-7137 jjensen@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Jesse Roberson PE 253-571-7111 jrobers@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Paula Aplin Music 253-571-7119 paplin@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Jodi Zuniga LAP 253-571-7101 jzunig3@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Tina Click LRC 253-571-7104 tclick@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Ingrid Carlsen OT 253-571-7129 icarlse1@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Rhonda Martin PT 253-571-7129 rmartin@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Alicia Kuper Speech 253-571-7127 akuper@tacoma.k12.wa.us