Administrative Staff

Mr. Steve Morissette - Principal

Welcome to St. Philomena School. I am very excited to be the principal of this amazing school. I have been at St. Phil's since July 2010. I am originally from Holyoke, Massachusetts. I attended Holyoke Catholic High School and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Westfield State College in Westfield, MA. I have been living in Washington since 1990. I started my teaching career at St. Vincent de Paul School in Federal Way, WA. I earned a Master's in Administration Education from Pacific Lutheran University in 1994 and became Vice-Principal at St. Vincent's in 1995. My first principal job was in 1998 at Holy Family School in White Center, WA. It was a wonderful experience and really help me develop a great foundation for my administrative skills. I was at Holy Family for seven years. In 2005, I became principal at All Saint's School in Puyallup and Fife, WA. Both my sons graduated from All Saints. I spent five years at All Saints and made some life-long friends.

I live in Fife, WA with my two wonderful sons, Sam, 19, and Austin, 15. We also have two playful cats, Bronx and Brooklyn. I am a huge sports fan and love the New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots. I am also a huge Tom Brady fan.

I am currently enrolled in an EdD Leadership Doctorate program and should be finished by 2013.

Mary Ruth- Vice Principal

Mrs. Ruth has been teaching for 25 years and 24 of those have been right here at St. Philomena School.  She was born in Tacoma, graduated from Stadium High in Tacoma and WWU in Bellingham, and earned her master's degree long-distance from Lesley University in Massachusetts.  Mary has six brothers and sisters and has been married to her high school sweetheart, Robert, for 26 years.  They have two daughters who are both graduates of St. Philomena.  Briana is a sophomore at Gonzaga University in Spokane, and Aleah is a sophomore at Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien.  She loves animals and has two cats and a dog.  Mrs. Ruth's favorite subject to teach is religion, and she loves teaching at St. Philomena.  She states, "My favorite part of this job is being a member of a devout and loving school and parish community."

Chris Korzeniecki- Administrative Assistant

Mrs. Korzeniecki has been working at St. Phil’s for 5 years but was a parent for over 20. Chris and her husband, Walter, have four boys: Jake (27), Matt (24), Nathan (19) and Ian (16) and they all graduated from St. Philomena. Mrs. Korzeniecki went to school at Brooks College in Long Beach, CA. When Chris isn’t helping every child, parent, and teacher in the building, she can be found cooking, sewing and knitting. When asked what her favorite part of her job is, she replied, “The kids.”

Karen Rassilyer- Bookkeeper

Mrs. Rassilyer started as the new bookkeeper for  St. Philomena School in June of 2011. We are proud to welcome Karen aboard. Karen is married to her husband, Bret, and has two children; Dillon an 8th grader and Rylee a 6th grader both at St. Philomena School.