: Staff - Seattle Public Schools

Upshaw-Yazzie, Norma

English Language Arts Teacher

njupshawyazz@seattleschools.org

Vanison, Natacia

navanison@seattleschools.org

Warner, Anthony

Certificated Substitute

apwarner@seattleschools.org

Munger, Elisabeth

Teacher-Elementary

ecmunger@seattleschools.org

Padmanabhan, Zelda

Teacher-Middle School

zppadmanabha@seattleschools.org

Perkiss, Evan

4th Grade Teacher

emperkiss@seattleschools.org

I am passionate about loving learning, and believe that everyone learns best when they are active participants in learning! I’m now in my 15th year of teaching, and my 4th year at Orca. I try to use games, technology and real-world learning to make learning meaningful and engaging. I’m also working on growing in teaching writing in meaningful ways this year, and I hope to inspire students to publish their ideas and writing to the world. When I’m not teaching, I enjoy running, biking and playing Ultimate Frisbee, as well as playing board games with my family and friends!