Karen Mikolasy honored as Outstanding Educator

Karen Mikolasy
Excellence in Education

In a ceremony in Yakima, Karen Mikolasy was honored with the Excellence in Education Award for Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary organization of women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism and world understanding.

This statewide award recognizes members of Alpha Delta Kappa for their outstanding contributions to education who are judged on professional dedication, knowledge, skills, professional achievement and success, school / community collaboration and contributions to the educational process.

Karen now advances to the regional level in Cheyenne, Wyoming, representing Washington State. 

Karen Mikolasy has been a teacher in Shoreline for twenty-seven years, teaching first at Kellogg Middle School, then in Shorewood and Shorecrest, where she was the head of the English Department.

After her Shoreline career, Karen volunteered to help fellow teacher Lynn Holmes in an elementary classroom with second and third graders. She also taught with the Rainier scholars, a program for students of color.

Currently she teaches for the University of Washington in the Language Arts Methods course and the Teach for America program. She is also a teaching coach.

“Really, “ she says, “teaching is learning and I am learning a lot.  So much from these great kids.”

Karen has been a member of the Alpha Delta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa for over 20 years.