INSIDE LAKESIDE Faculty news
• Upper School photography teacher Barry Wong’s still life photograph “Sake” was featured at the Wing Luke Museum gala/auction.
Applause please … • Jamie Asaka ’96, head girls lacrosse coach and Middle School assistant director, was inducted in October into the Washington State Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Noting her coaching record as “one of the most successful in state history,” the selection committee called her “instrumental as a coach, educator and leader in girls lacrosse by shaping the studentathlete experience at virtually every level in the Washington state lacrosse community.” • Upper School history and science teacher Kathryn Brooks’s paper on how social relationships impact physical well-being was published in January in Health Psychology, a prestigious publication from the American Psychological Association. • Upper School arts teacher Jacob Foran this year has had a solo window exhibition as part of the Storefronts Seattle project in South Lake Union; sculptures in “Diversiform,” a show at Seattle Design Center in Seward Park Clay Studio gallery; and “Essence,” a solo exhibition of large-scale ceramic sculpture at Seattle Design Center, represented by Yama Project. • Sheila Daniels, Upper School drama teacher, directed “King Lear” for Seattle Shakespeare Company in April and “The Normal Heart” in January-February for Strawberry Theatre Workshop, a production whose acting talent included Rob Burgess, Lakeside maintenance foreman and theater director. • Jodi Rockwell, Upper
• Andy Law, who teaches both English and kung fu arts at the Middle School, earned the rank of master, or sifu, this summer from the Jow Ga Kung Fu Athletic Association. ■ “Minotaur” by Jacob Foran.
School arts teacher, had a show of her drawings on wood, “Woodscapes,” in January at La Bodega in Pioneer Square.
“Sake” by Barry Wong.
“Woodscapes” series by Jodi Rockwell.
• Upper School librarians Heather Hersey and Sue Belcher had an article, “Flip Your Library,” in the DecemberJanuary issue of the journal Learning and Leading with Technology. • Amanda Darling, Lakeside communications director, has been chosen as a SimpsonScarborough Scholar, a professional development program for “promising young communications and marketing practitioners new to the field of educational advancement.” • Lakeside trustee Henry L. “Skip” Kotkins Jr. ’66 had an article, “How Good Boards Get Better,” on best practices for trustees of independent schools in the spring issue of Independent School magazine.
Clayton Christy
Washington State Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee Jamie Asaka ’96 hoists the championship trophy after winning the 2013 girls state championship game. Inside Lakeside
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