Brad Malloy, Principal
Parent Meetings: Available by appointment
E-mail: bmalloy@lwsd.org Brad Malloy graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a B.A. in History and a B.A. in Business Administration. Later, he earned an endorsement in Special Education. After teaching for eight years, Brad earned his M.A. in Education Administration from Western Washington University. Brad has served as an Associate Principal at Eastlake and Lake Washington High Schools and Principal of Lake Washington High School prior to returning as Principal of Eastlake High School and Renaissance Junior High School.
Brad is excited for his return to the Eastlake Learning Community.
Diane Kane, Head Teacher
Teaches: Language Arts, Social Studies, Visual Arts
Parent Meetings: Available by appointment
E-mail: Diane Kane
Diane came to teaching after enjoying several mini-careers and raising a family. She taught 5th and 6th grade at A. G. Bell Elementary for eight years, before joining staff development as an elementary mathematics specialist. Diane has appreciated and supported the arts for much of her adult life. She has managed a dance company, co-chaired several committees for a major art auction that helped fund a museum, taught art classes for children and taken art classes.
Married for 33 years, Diane and her husband, Steve, have three children, Erin, Deirdre and Brendan. Diane enjoys music, reading, cooking, outdoor activities of all kinds, and yoga.
Diane is passionate about teaching and learning and believes all children deserve the opportunity to succeed at their highest levels.
Martha Daman, Teacher
Teaches: Performing Arts, Language Arts, Social Studies
Activities: Academic Games
Parent Meetings: Available by appointment
E-mail: Martha Daman
Martha Daman is going into her eleventh year of teaching this year. She is a founding member of Renaissance School of Art and Reasoning and absolutely loves what she does. Her teaching duties include 8th grade English/history (American Studies 1876 – “present”), 9th grade World History including India, China/Japan, Indonesia, and Latin America, and performing arts for seventh, eighth, and ninth graders. The performing arts curriculum consists of a semester of dance and a semester of theater every year. Typically dance is first semester and theater is second semester. Both semesters have a culminating performance of student work. Martha takes great pride in staying current in all of the fields she teaches. Therefore, she is a member of the National Council of English Teachers, the National Council on Social Studies, the Dance Educators Association of Washington and the National Dance Educators Organization. Over the next two years she will be serving on the board of directors for the Dance Educators Association of Washington.
Martha and John, her husband, celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary this August 8th and have enjoyed spending the summer playing with their four year old daughter, Molly. Moving into our fifth year of Renaissance, Martha is very exciting about the projects in line for this year. It will be a year of great performances, lots of learning, and some surprises as well.
Jyoti Bawa, Teacher
Teaches: Science
Parent Meetings: Available by appointment
E-mail: Jyoti Bawa
Jyoti Bawa has been working with students of all ages for many years. She has worked as a substitute teacher with Lake Washington School District for two years and has been teaching at Renaissance School of Art and Reasoning since September 2008. With a major in Zoology, Jyoti has always enjoyed science and working with children. She believes in activity centered- learning and is passionate about teaching.
In her spare time, Jyoti enjoys spending time with her husband, Sumeet and their two children, Akanksha and Nirbheek. Both are students at Smith Elementary. The family loves to go camping, hiking and skiing.
Karen Amaya, Teacher
Teaches: LA/SS
Parent Meetings: Available by appointment
E-mail: Karen Amaya
Sarah Van Herk, Teacher
Teaches: 9th Grade Spanish
Parent Meetings: Available by appointment
E-mail: Sarah Van Herk
Deborah Lerner, School Secretary
Role: School Secretary
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 7:15 am - 2:45 pm
E-mail: Deborah Lerner
Debbie Lerner is delighted to be the Student Secretary at Renaissance and looks forward to working with the close-knit community of teachers, parents and students of the school. She has been in the LWSD since 2005 as the Office Managers at Margaret Mead and Rosa Parks Elementary.
Mrs. Lerner moved to Sammamish in 1996 from the California Bay Area. She worked for many years as the Buyer of a Grocery Wholesaler in California. Debbie and her husband Dave have 4 children - 2 daughters and 2 sons, and 3 fabulous grandchildren. She enjoys traveling, reading, baking and spending time with family and friends.