House of Protos!

This is Katherine Harbaugh’s fifth year teaching 7th grade math at Hawthorn. She graduated with a degree in Elementary Education from Brigham Young University (go COUGS) and has endorsements for Middle School Math and Elementary Math from Utah State University. She earned a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from WGU in 2025.  She has a broad educational background that includes classroom teaching, online and in-person tutoring, volunteering to help higher-level elementary math students, teaching at a private learning center, and helping with adult education. 

Katherine and her husband are parents to five adult children (two of whom are married) and have two granddaughters. Before her children grew up, she cheered them on at soccer and volleyball games, gymnastics meets, music concerts, and piano recitals. She currently spends her extra time reading a good book and having video calls with her family.