Hello! I am excited to be a Math Teacher at Lincoln High School. I grew up in Issaquah Washington and attended UW for both my undergrad and Master's program. I have a BA in Mathematics with a minor in Informatics, as well as a Master's in Teaching. I am thankful for the opportunity to join the Lincoln High School community this year and can't wait to meet and learn more about the students and the community!

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Stephen Culpepper has been teaching high school math since 2016, previously at Redmond High School. He is thrilled at the unique opportunity to be a part of Lincoln High's reopening, and looks forward to the coming year. After graduating from Western Washington University with a B.S. in Mathematics and minor in Music, returned to WWU to get his Masters in Teaching and make education his career. Stephen enjoys being a student as well as a teacher, and can usually be found in a class of some sort during his time off in the summer, either studying more math, or learning about other STEM subjects. As well as teaching, Stephen has been a high school basketball coach over the past few years, and is excited to be a part of the Lincoln basketball program. Outside of education, Stephen enjoys going to the movies with his wife, playing music, basketball, and spending time with friends and family.

My name is Anthony D’Amico and I am a Social Studies and Language Arts teacher here at Lincoln High School. I have been a teacher for about seven years now in Indonesia, Singapore, China, and now Seattle. I received my B.A. from Central Washington University in History with a minor in International Studies and began my career shortly thereafter. I received a Masters degree from the Singapore University of Social Sciences in Social Development and Community Leadership and worked for an NGO in Indonesia before coming back to Seattle and earning a Masters in Teaching from the University of Washington.

I believe that history and the social sciences are as important as ever. We live in a multicultural democracy and I want to cultivate a sense of civic mindedness in my students where we learn from and advocate for each other especially those experiencing injustice or discrimination. I love being in and around schools because there is so much energy, excitement, and potential. I am extremely happy to be at Lincoln where we all have an opportunity to create a long-lasting culture that connects our community to other ones in the city, state, country, and world. As an advocate and community member I cannot wait to help our students connect with ideas both locally and internationally.

My name is Sime (in Persian: visage, face, look) Daad (in Persian: justice, also quite ironically: outcry!). I joined Lincoln HS since its re-opening in 2019 where I have truly enjoyed working in a dynamic environment with such a friendly and collaborative team, and such a great body of students. Born in Iran, I earned my BA major in English language and literature, a minor in French, and a master’s degree (ELA) from Tehran University in 1981. I was married in the 1970s. My husband and I have brought up three wonderful children (a son and two daughters), two of whom are married, giving us four lovely grandchildren. While our married son and daughter do not live in the US, our youngest daughter lives in Bellevue.

I have been an educator for three-plus decades, a published author and translator, and a certified interpreter. I am fluent in Persian and English, know some French, basic Arabic, and beginner Spanish. Early in the 1980s, I got a permanent position with the Department of Education (Iran) as a high-school teacher while also teaching English academic writing, EFL, and literature courses at higher education institutes as an invitee instructor. In the 1990s, I transferred to Tehran international High School where I served as an IB (International Baccalaureate Diploma Program) teacher of English language arts for ten years, and simultaneously as an IB coordinator for five years and been an examiner (English) as well as a principal examiner (Persian Lit) with them to date.  In 2003 I was admitted to UW to pursue my doctoral degree in comparative literature, a goal that I had postponed for over two decades for family reasons.

At UW, I taught Persian and English language courses, Persian literature and film as a TA, and then introductory courses to comparative literature (2003-2013) as a lecturer. Before joining Seattle Public Schools in 2017, I taught courses of English language including academic writing and immersion English at Highline CC, Shoreline CC, Edmonds CC, CityU, and the International Program at UW. In the meantime, I worked as a certified medical and social interpreter /translator for a few years.

Aside from working in education, I have published several essays, reviews, and textual analyses on world literature and language teaching in Persian and English. Among my published books, there is a translation of Jerome McGann’s Modern Textual Criticism released in 2007, and an encyclopedic bilingual dictionary of literary concepts and movements from a comparative perspective (A Glossary of Literary Concepts). The book has been well-received by academic audiences in Iran and has gone through three revised editions and ten reprints, including the recently enlarged edition released in Nov. 2021.  In English, aside from multiple conference papers, I have published a book chapter (“Accented Texts”) drawn upon my doctoral dissertation.

Working at high school brought me back to my original home as an educator. The positive vibe from the Lincoln community inspires me with the passion not only to drive several miles a day to work but also (hopefully) to go LYNX for many more years!!

I am thrilled to join the Lincoln High School team for the 2023/2024 school year. Over fifteen years, I have had the privilege of first teaching and later serving as an administrator in both private and public schools, with students ranging from preschool to graduate school. Away from school, you can find me baking, playing ukulele, painting, and cherishing quality moments with my husband and our demanding cat. I’m an avid baseball and hockey fan but love to cheer for all of our Seattle teams. I am excited for the year ahead and the opportunity to support and serve our students, staff, and school community.

Hello Lynx!  I love anything related to science, the outdoors, or the Seahawks. I earned a B.A. in Biology from Whitman College where I also was on the varsity swim team. After graduation, I worked in the outdoor industry, spent a lot of time on ski slopes, and started coaching local swim teams. I decided to combine my love of science and my experience working with youth and went back to school to earn my Masters in Teaching from Seattle University. Outside of the classroom, you will probably find me at the pool or running with my two chocolate labs.