Mr. Lindgren
K-12 Physical Education,
Athletic Director
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(509) 285-5296 Ð ext.120 (I am in my office from 8:16 Ð 9:04 and 1:15 Ð 2:06) krlindgren@gonighthawks.net |
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I grew up in Tekoa,
Washington and graduated from high school there in 1978. I graduated from
Withworth College in Spokane in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
physical education and a minor in earth science. I received my masterÕs
degree in education administration from the University of Idaho in 1987. My
first teaching job was at Lincoln Middle School in Clarkston, Washington
where I taught earth science, physical education and reading classes for two
years. I then was hired to teach at Rainier Jr./Sr. High School in Rainier,
Washington in the fall of 1985. I taught 8th grade math and science, high
school weight lifting and middle school physical education there for five
years. In my third year there I also became the assistant principal with
student discipline as my main responsibility. After five years of teaching on
the West side of the state, it was time to come home to Eastern Washington,
where I was very lucky to land a 4th grade teaching job at Oakesdale School.
I have now been teaching in Oakesdale for over seventeen years. My first two
years I taught 4th grade, then moved to the 6th grade for two years, became
the vice principal, athletic director, and taught 6th through 9th grade
science for a few years. I then moved back into the 6th grade and in addition
to 6th grade taught a couple of physical education classes and weight
training. I am now in my seventhth year of teaching physical education to
first through twelfth grades. I have also been the athletic director for sixteen
years.
Throughout these years in
education I have also coached numerous sports. My coaching started out with
Tekoa's summer Babe Ruth baseball team in the summer of 1977 and continued
through the summer of 1980. I have been coaching some sort of summer baseball
from that first season to the present, whether it is T-ball, Pee Wee, Little
League, Softball, or Babe Ruth. I was a Freshman Football coach in Clarkston
in the fall of 1984 and coached Jr. High track and 7th grade basketball the
two years that I was there. In Rainier I was an assistant coach in football
for five years, assistant high school boys basketball for two years and then
head boys basketball coach for three years. In my last year at Rainier,
89-90, we went to the state basketball tournament for the first time in
Rainier's history and placed 3rd in the tournament. I was also named State
"B" coach of the year. I have been involved in coaching here at
Oakesdale for the past twenty years in the following positions: assistant
football, assistant boys basketball, assistant baseball, head football, head
boysÕ basketball and head baseball. My family life is a GREAT
one. I married my wife Karen Kilpatrick, an Oakesdale High School graduate,
on June 23rd, 1984. We have three children, Lance (16-year-old junior), Alexa
(2-year-old eightth grader), and Lindsey (9-year-old fifth
grader). We couldn't be happier living in the wonderful community of
Oakesdale. (Just one side note on
how Karen and I really feel about living where we do now; as I stated earlier
after five years over on the west side, Karen and I knew it was time to head
back to the east side of the state ("God's Country"). So, we told
our employers we would not be back in the fall and were heading
"home". We put our belongings in storage in Spokane and began our
search for employment. We couldn't have been happier when I was offered a job
in Oakesdale and it has been a great experience since. |
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