Geetings!
My name is Chris Sarkinen. I have been a Title I teacher with the Robbinsdale Area Schools since 2017. I started teaching elementary school in 1992, so I am happy to report that this is my thirty fourth year of teaching! My family’s roots are deeply planted within a very short radius of your school as my wife and I grew up just a couple miles from your door (New Hope and Crystal). My undergraduate degree is from St. Cloud State and my masters degree is from the University of Minnesota. I have learned much over the years, and I am most excited for the 2026/27 school year!
I am very blessed! My two sons are amazing young men. They graduated high school in 2022 and 2023. My oldest boy recently graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College and he is a non-partisan lobbyist at the State Capitol. My youngest is a senior at Gustavus. Like his big brother he too is a political science major. My beautiful wife of twenty nine years, Christine, is a recently retired obstetrician with Oakdale Ob/Gyn. She got to experience the miracle of birth every day, and deeply misses that part of her life. We like to keep very busy. All four of us swim on teams. The boys swim/swam for GAC and my wife and I swim on a “masters” team. We do most everything as a family. We love to travel, fish and downhill ski. We just purchased a camper in preparation for retirement, and we plan to frequent our national parks. Our home is somewhat hairy, with three cats and one pheasant hunting dog. I love anything that has a motor and burns gasoline or diesel…..that said, we also have three fully electric cars that are also a “gas” to drive.