Hello!

My name is Tasha Reynolds and this is my third year teaching in the Seattle School District. I teach instrumental music 5th grade and 4th grade if space is available to  students at Dunlap, Rising Star, Wing Luke, Hawthorne, Beacon Hill, Loyal Heights and Greenwood!

I taught music in Bellevue for 23 years for grades 5-12. I moved to the Seattle area in 1996 from Colorado Springs. My travels took me to Kiev Ukraine in 1995 where I taught middle school to American students of medical missionaries. In 2001 I completed a Master of Arts degree from the University of Washington with an emphasis on learning disabilities and music reading.

I have a unique love for marching bands and pep bands and have both participated and directed them for over 25 years. I also love orchestral music and just completed 20 years playing oboe in the Northwest Symphony Orchestra. My new passion is for strings and I continue to study through lesson on the violin.

I am both excited and honored to be part of this extraordinary Dunlap School community that is committed to ensuring an excellent education for each child.  Our Staff has high expectations for each of our students and is dedicated to preparing every student for success in life, as well as school.

Each year, we open a new chapter and partnership of teaching and learning and look forward to meeting student and families with much anticipation and happy expectation.

As Dunlap’s Principal, my support for each school community member is something that I take very seriously. I know that a collaborative partnership is built upon trust, hard work and open and honest communication.

I work under the philosophy that students are at the center of our work - at all times.  I truly believe that much of a school’s success is measured by the degree to which individuals feel respected, valued, loved, and celebrated. I believe that staff, families, and community, are the essential ingredients to make that success happen in motivating students to greatness.

I love being a school principal and I bring the energy, enthusiasm of my experience as a principal, assistant principal, literacy/instructional coach, teacher mentor and classroom teacher in ensuring equity and excellence for every student, every day, in every classroom.

When I am not at work, I enjoy spending time with family, reading, quilting, exercising, listening to music, painting ceiling murals and staying current with best practices in education.

Principal Talbert