Although Karen Dickens enters her third year as principal of Audubon Elementary, she’s now in her sixteenth year with Lake Washington School District. Her experience is vast and varied: prior to coming to Audubon, she taught in several LWSD elementary schools including Samantha Smith, Emily Dickinson, Margaret Mead and Elizabeth Blackwell; she co-developed and worked in the district’s New Teacher Support Program, which offers five years of mentor support to new teachers in the district; and she served as Vice Principal at Samantha Smith Elementary. Before settling in Washington in 1991, Ms. Dickens taught special education classes in Southern California.
Ms. Dickens has always had a passion for teaching and knew as a young child that she this was her calling. She believes that children come first and, with that always uppermost in her mind, she keeps students at the center of every decision she makes.
In her leisure time, Ms. Dickens enjoys playing golf, reading, and working out at the gym. She believes that keeping a balance in her life helps keep her at her best so she can give one hundred percent to the students, staff and parents of our Audubon Community.