Contact School
Who’s the appropriate contact person at Mercer?
In middle school, the process for knowing whom to contact can be complicated. Don’t worry, regardless of whom you contact initially, you will get to the appropriate person. Here are steps that students and families can take for questions or concerns.
1600 S. Columbian Way
Seattle, WA 98108
Main Office Phone: 206-252-8000
Fax: 206-252-8001
Attendance
Report a student absence: 206-252-8006
Teacher(s)
Classroom based questions about teaching and learning
- Teacher contact information
- Staff also have voicemail if you choose to leave a message.
Counseling Team Member
Academic, social, and emotional support
6th Grade:
Virginia Andrews 206-252-8014 vaandrews@seattleschools.org
7th Grade:
Claire Bernhard 206-252-8077 cgbernhard@seattleschools.org
8th Grade:
Angela Austin-Chappelle 206-252-8015 ajaustinchap@seattleschools.org
Truancy Specialist:
Charlotte Watson King 206-252-8162 cdwatsonking@seattleschools.org
Family Advocate:
Tonja Davis 206-252-8020 tldavis@seattleschools.org
Cross grade level counselor/ 504 Coordinator:
Claire Bernhard 206-252-8077 cgbernhard@seattleschools.org
Instructional Leadership and Services
- ELL (English Language Learning): John Mitchell 206-252-8017
- Library: Sue Monroe 206-252-8022
- Special Education: Virginia Andrews 206-252-8014
- Athletics: Janet Bautista 206-252-8028
Administrative Team Members
Student guidance, discipline, program and instructional support
- 6th Grade: Sarah Bond 206-252-8008
- 7th Grade: Bernadette Dickson 206-252-8068
- 8th Grade: Cliff Brown 206-252-8163
- Literacy Administrator: Brigid Addanki 206-252-8021
- OST Program Manager: Cameron Roth 206-252-8031
Principal and Main Office
Sherrie Encarnacion, Principal
206-252-8005
sencarnacion@seattleschools.org
- Main Office: 206-252-8000
- Asst. Secretary & Transportation: Latria White 206-252-8002
- Attendance Secretary: Andrea Cameron 206-252-8006
- Registrar: Rameez Yousefi 206-252-8065
After School Activities
Seattle Parks Department Community Learning Center. Coordination of our after school programs.
- Cameron Roth 206-252-8031
Bilingual Services
- Chinese: Peony Chung 206-252-8008
- Spanish: Philip Ssebuliba & Maria Parker 206-252-8066
- Somali: Abdi Hussein 206-252-8066
- Tagalog: Celeste Bunnell 206-252-8008
- Vietnamese: Ann Pham 206-252-8008
- Tigrinya: Getachew Yihdego 206-252-8008
Nurse
All School based health care and medical needs
- School Nurse: Jess Ravitsky 206-252-8007
- Visit the Mercer school nurse page
School Based Health Clinic (SBHC)
Students and families must be registered through Neighbor Care in order to access services. For more information, please contact the eligibility specialist.
- Office Coordinator: Rebecca Leisher 206-762-2394
- Counselor: Katie Kapuz
- Nurse Practitioner: Chelsea Allin
- Sound Mental Health (SMH) Care Coor: Katrina Herzog 206-252-8072
- Mercer Health Center page
Sound Mental Health provides three levels of service:
- Consultation and crisis support
- Screening assessment, & referrals to other mental health care Providers
- Comprehensive care management and wraparound services