Special Education
Patti Sgambellone, M.Ed
School Social Worker
Hi! My name is Ms. Kirkley. My students frequently call me Ms. K. I'm excited to be working with your students this school year. I have a master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and I've been working with students in person and virtually most of my career. During school breaks I like to travel with my husband and spend time with our daughters.
Hello! My name is Hannah Knight and I am a School Psychologist. I have worked for the Olympic Education Service District for 8 years. My career in education began as a Registered Behavior Technician, supporting the development and implementation of plans to support students with behavioral needs. I have an Education Specialist Degree in School Psychology from Eastern Washington University and have been licensed as a school psychologist for the past three years. Throughout my career I have engaged in developing trainings for paraprofessionals and teachers, guidelines for trauma-informed evaluations, and school-wide MTSS processes. I have taught behavioral safety training programs including Right Response and Safety Care. I am passionate about helping schools improve their MTSS systems and cultivating a strength-focused outlook on students who struggle with challenging behaviors.
A little bit about me personally - I live in Bremerton, WA with my husband and our two cats. We enjoy an active lifestyle, getting out hiking, backpacking, and mountain biking as much as possible. During the winter months, I enjoy doing yoga, reading, and working on home-improvement projects.
“I have been a School-Based Physical Therapist in the state of Washington for 23 years. I also serve as the Public School Liaison for the American Physical Therapy Association of Washington. When I’m not working I like to bake and quilt.”
Greta Pearson is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP) providing school-based speech and language services through teletherapy. She earned her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) and is licensed to practice in Washington State.
Greta’s areas of clinical expertise include expressive and receptive language development, fluency disorders, problem solving, and articulation. She provides evidence-based intervention to support vocabulary acquisition, syntactic development, language processing, and auditory comprehension, as well as accurate speech sound production. She also targets higher-level language skills such as inferencing, narrative organization, sequencing, and cognitive-linguistic flexibility to promote academic success and effective social communication. Her therapeutic approach is individualized, data-driven, and aligned with each student’s educational goals to foster measurable progress and functional communication outcomes.
Greta is passionate about collaboration and believes strong partnerships with teachers, staff, and families are key to student success. She strives to create structured, engaging, and individualized therapy sessions tailored to each student’s needs.
Outside of her professional role, Greta enjoys being a mom to two children and values the perspective that parenthood brings to her work with families and students as well as distance running.