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Our Community: Administration Parents expect and receive responsive, thoughtful, effective, and efficient action from the Spruce Street School administrative team. This group is in charge of leading the school through the most exciting transition of growth and relocation in its 20-year history.
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Briel
Schmitz
has been Spruce Street School's director since 2002. She has ten years'
experience as a classroom teacher, both as a bilingual first grade teacher
in the Houston public schools (through Teach For America) and at University
Child Development School (UCDS) in Seattle, where she also designed and
coordinated a residency program for beginning teachers. Briel studied
Education Policy as an undergraduate at Brown University, and also holds
a master's degree in Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford. In her free time Briel enjoys reading, petting her cat and traveling with her husband.
Cam
Williams joined Spruce Street School in September 2009 as the school's Development Director. Cam works with the board and parent committees to raise funds, expand community support, and create a strategy for long-term development initiatives. Originally from the Northwest, she is the daughter of an elementary school teacher who founded an independent school on San Juan Island. As a champion of the arts, she has led a number of fundraising campaigns in Seattle.
Guy
Fineout is Spruce Street School’s Assistant Director of School and Admissions Director. He taught 4 to 12 year-olds for 25 years, was Co-Director of an independent school for 11 of those years, and spent 5 years as Director of Admissions. He supervises the Extended-Day Program, serves as community relations liaison, and manages the admissions process, including tours, school fairs, student interviews and visiting days, and helping the oldest students prepare to move on to middle school. He is a native of Michigan where he graduated from Grand Valley State University in education. He received his Masters in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena. He has lived in Seattle since 1978 and loves working downtown.
Jane
Davis-Ward,
our Business Manager, has brought her calm and supremely competent presence to Spruce Street School since 2003, juggling billing, greeting visitors, answering questions over the phone and comforting children in need of Band-Aids without missing a beat. Jane grew up in Berkeley and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a double major in Spanish and Art History. She has also completed graduate studies in Art History at the University of Washington and served as the Director of Flury & Company Gallery here in Seattle. Recently Jane took on a new role as a Spruce Street School parent. Her daughter will begin her second year at Spruce Street School in the fall of 2011.
Kate
Gengo, helps run the office and front desk Tuesday through Friday. A transplant from New York City and a former professional Inline skater, Kate taught after school programs for over 10 years in New York’s public and private schools. Her happy spirit and outgoing personality are attributed to her Musical Theater degree from Webster University, her passion for the outdoors and her love for yoga. After traveling as an extreme sports athlete, her passions grew to a career in the Outdoor Industry where the Pacific Northwest was calling her name. Kate is working towards an Elementary Education teaching certificate with an endorsement in Special Education at Western Washington University. In addition, Kate spends her free time rock climbing, hiking and back country snowboarding. She volunteers as a rock climbing instructor for kids at local rock gyms and is also the rock wall support staff at Spruce Street School.