Superintendent

Garn Christensen attended public elementary school, was homeschooled in his teens, and then graduated early from one of the first alternative high schools in Utah. He paid his own way through college and had several jobs during those years. These included working on cattle and sheep ranches in Utah and Eastern Nevada, as an outdoor guide in Utah and Colorado, doing construction, and working as a burn/trauma technician while earning his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Utah. 

His first job in education was teaching in central Utah. From there, he was hired as the only-employee for a remote one-room school district in Central Idaho. That job also included setting up a community ambulance association that still exists today.

While working at the one-room school, he earned a Master’s Degree from The College of Idaho. After two years he returned to Utah for one year as a teacher in a large junior high and was then hired for his first principal job in Eastern Idaho. 

He came to Northeast Washington in the early 90's and spent 6 years as principal, then 5 years as a superintendent for Chewelah School District. During that time he earned his Superintendent certification at WSU and started work on a Ph.D.  

His family wanted a change, and in 2003 he accepted a position as the Sequim Superintendent on the Olympic Peninsula. A year later he completed his doctorate in education leadership with a focus on K-12 policy analysis. 

Yours in Education,

Garn Christensen
Superintendent