District names new Pioneer and Garrison assistant principals

This week Walla Walla Public Schools named Kimberle Doepker Assistant Principal of Pioneer Middle School and Joshua Wolcott Assistant Principal of Garrison Middle School. Doepker and Wolcott will report to their new positions July 1.

Doepker has spent the past five years at Sharpstein Elementary School in Walla Walla as an instructional coach and teacher. She has a total of 16 years experience as a classroom teacher, including experience teaching in College Place and Prescott School Districts. Doepker completed her Administrative Credentials from Eastern Washington University. She also holds an English as a Second Language Endorsement from Seattle Pacific University. Doepker earned her Masters of Education Degree with an emphasis in elementary education from Eastern Washington University. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Idaho where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in elementary education.

Wolcott has spent the past seven years working in the Post Falls, Idaho school district as an elementary and middle school teacher. He also worked for Post Fall High School as an assistant football coach. Wolcott earned his Masters of Educational Leadership Degree from the University of Idaho. He also completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Idaho where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in elementary education.