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News – Storyboard
Meet the New Firestone Campus
Secondary Principals
With years of experience and
fun, friendly attitudes, these new principals of Firestone’s campus stress that
hard work brings much more than high achievement — it also brings a smile to
your face. Firestone and Litchfield principals share their challenges, ideas and
hopes for their first year.
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Larry Petry – Firestone
High School
Q. Our school banner should read ...
A. We can be excellent and still have fun.
Q. Biggest goal ...
A. Promoting school spirit. The students are hungry to get
pulled together. I’m using school spirit as a motivator.
Q.
A good principal ...
A.
Is able to make a decision, is a good listener and
has a kind heart.
And I quote ...
“Keep smiling
because this is all worth it.” |
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Michelle Marquess-Kearns – Litchfield Middle School
Q. Our school banner should read ...
A.
He who never fell, never climbed.
Q. Biggest goal ...
A. Moving our rating from Continuous Improvement to Effective.
We need to make each student reach his or her potential and create life-long
learners.
Q.
A good principal ...
A. Has the ability to see the whole picture and works for the
love of education and desire to see students succeed.
And I quote ...
“Laughing increases
face value.” |
The Firestone Cluster also welcomes Kathy Maddex,
principal of Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts.
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