Dear students & North Creek community,

My name is Casey Kellogg and I am honored to introduce myself as your 11th grade US History teacher. Within the past 11 years of teaching, 8 years within Northshore School District, I have devoted myself to holistically educating the whole child. Over the upcoming school year together, I look forward to celebrating every student milestone and encouraging every student to grow.

My goal as an educator is to create a safe, healthy place where every child grows. I began my educational career on the east coast, teaching at Westborough High School in Massachusetts for three years. It was within those three years I learned that unless you put value within building trustworthy relationships with students, the curriculum will not transfer. This continues to be a pillar of my actions as a teacher today. After three years out east, I moved back home to the NSD community to settle and be near family. It was at that time that I was faced with my greatest occupational setback. The ‘Great Recession’ tied up most, if not all, education jobs in the area and I found myself scraping by as a guest teacher and coach for two years. At that moment I was forced to answer the question; ‘how bad do I want to work within education?’ After two years of sacrifice, I interviewed and accepted a job at neighboring Canyon Park Middle School and have looked forward to working as an educator each and every single day since. As a husband and father of three beautiful and extremely active children; Haarlem (3), Ruby (1) and Bodhi (3 months), my work directly impacts the community that they live in. To me it is not work, but a calling to serve.

I am on campus, Mon-Fri, from 7am till 3pm. To best serve you, please advocate for your education by speaking to me face-to-face from 7-7:20am, during nutrition break, scheduled tutorial time, during 2nd lunch or after school from 2:30-2:50pm. I am also available via email at ckellogg@nsd.org & class phone at 425.408.8890.

*Update: As we move into a tele-learning environment starting Thurs, March 5, 2020, I will not be holding to the regular schedule listed above. The best way to reach me currently is via email at ckellogg@nsd.org.

I look forward to working with you. Go Jaguars!

Casey Kellogg