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Faculty and Staff Directory

The La Jolla Country Day School faculty, administration and staff are strong, diverse and talented individuals who have been drawn together for a common purpose. Ours is a vibrant community with an exciting charge—to create a stronger, better place where our children and those of future generations can grow to become excellent individuals, citizens and adventurers of the world.

Below is a list of the administration, staff and faculty. To locate a member, click on the drop-down menus below to search by division, department or last name. Faculty and staff bios are also available below.

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Daniel Padgett

Educator, US Science; Coach - Baseball

(858) 453-3440 x294

Bio

“I inspire greatness for a better world by giving students the tools and confidence to become great problem solvers. No matter what career path my students end up taking, they are going to face challenges that require critical thinking. Science provides a great platform for this as students learn to gather and filter information and decide what is relevant, and then determine the best path to a solution.”

Dan Padgett spent the first few years of his post-undergraduate life playing minor league baseball three seasons a year and the winters delving further into science working as a neuroscience research assistant. While pursuing his neuroscience Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego, Mr. Padgett decided to change the course of his academic pursuit from research to teaching. He has been a member of the La Jolla Country Day School science faculty since 2006.

Being mentored by the LJCDS legend Billy Simms opened Mr. Padgett’s eyes to finding new ways to reach the younger generation of scientists, while also realizing that some of the most basic demonstrations of scientific phenomena are timeless. He uses technology to improve the analysis and presentation of data in the physics classroom, which allows students to break down simple experiments in a more complex and thoughtful way.

Mr. Padgett is an assistant coach for the LJCDS baseball team as well, which allows him to impart many of the baseball lessons (and life lessons) he learned over his career to a younger generation of players.

Mr. Padgett and his wife, Tracy, love going to the zoo with their nearly 2-year-old twins, Edwin and Kendall, and watching them enjoy their two favorite African penguins, Dan and McKinney.

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