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Record Number: 17375

Displayed from: Oct 16, 2018 , until: Dec 16, 2018

Fort Wayne Community Schools welcomes 54 community members into our schools to serve as guest principals for the annual Principal for a Day event. Guests representing local businesses, elected officials, service organizations and community groups, will visit their assigned schools the morning of Thursday, Oct. 18, unless other arrangements were made.

The guest principals will visit the schools from the beginning of the school day until noon, experiencing what a principal goes through in a day. From welcoming students into a building to dealing with concerned parents to working directly with teachers to improve academic achievement, principals do it all. The guests will see the amount of time principals spend as instructional leaders, a key component to ensuring each student is educated to high standards.

Following the shadowing experience, the principals and their guests are invited to lunch at the FWCS Family and Community Engagement Center, 230 E. Douglas Ave., where students in the FWCS Career Academy Culinary Arts program will prepare and serve a delicious meal.

“Principal for a Day is a great opportunity for community members to see for themselves what takes place in our schools every day,” Superintendent Dr. Wendy Robinson said. “It is an exciting time to be in education, and the work going on in our classrooms is much different than when these community leaders were in school. We appreciate those who are willing to take the time to see how hard our teachers and support staff are working to provide students the highest quality education.”

The guest principals come from a variety of occupations, leadership positions and organizations in our community. The following is a list of the schools participating and their guest principals:

SCHOOL	Name	Affiliation
Abbett	Anne Duff	Secretary, FWCS Board of School Trustees
Adams	Rev. Joe Ayers	Associate Pastor, Greater Mount Ararat Baptist Church
Bill C. Anthis Center	Curtis Smith	Director of Community Outreach, Parkview Health
Arlington	Vernard Hollins	President/CEO, Always 100 Basketball
Blackhawk	Kyle Winling	Traffic Engineer, City of Fort Wayne
Bloomingdale	Maria Norman	FWCS Board of School Trustees
Brentwood	Rep. Phil GiaQuinta	State Representative-80
Bunche	Steve White	Technology Supervisor, Fort Wayne Community Schools
CAS-Nebraska	Alice Jordan-Miles*	Director, Behavioral Health & Family Studies Institute
Croninger	David Amen	General Counsel, Fort Wayne Community Schools
Fairfield	Rafi Nolan-Abrahamian	Manager of Research & Evaluation, Fort Wayne Community Schools
Forest Park	Jen McKinney	Children’s Librarian, Allen County Public Library, Tecumseh Branch
Franke Park	Kelli Warner	Construction Engineer, Design Collaborative
Glenwood Park	Cheri Becker	Vice President, Greater Fort Wayne Inc. Investor Services & Signature Program
Haley	Courtney Tritch	Owner, Courtney Tritch Consulting
Harris	Tim Smith	Vice President of Operations and IT, MedPro
Harrison Hill	Brian Souers	Vice President/Community Banking District Manager, Wells Fargo
Holland	Ginny Flora	Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Indian Village	Michael McAlexander	Chief Deputy Allen County Prosecutor
Irwin	Andrew Brooks II	Brooks Construction
Jefferson	Sarah Gnagy	St. Joseph Township Trustee
Kekionga	Alexus Tucker	Special Assistant to Sen. Joe Donnelly
Lakeside	Jessica Shannon	CEO, Center for Life Transitions
Lane	Steve Bercot	Vice President, Bercot-Gibson Construction Company, Inc. and Bercot, Inc.
Lincoln	Rev. Stephen Terry	Senior Pastor, New Life Church of God
Lindley	Bo Gonzalez	Owner, Bravas
Maplewood	Jane DeHaven*	Summit City Chevrolet
Memorial Park	Randy Strebig	President, Strebig Construction, Inc.
Miami	Paula Autry	CEO, Lutheran Hospital
New Tech Academy	Capt. Mitch McKinney	Director of Community Relations, Fort Wayne Police Department
North Side	Greg Mohr	President & CEO, MidWest America Federal Credit Union
Northcrest	Julie Hollingsworth	President, FWCS Board of School Trustees
Northrop	Dr. Wylie Sirk	Educational Leadership Program Director, Purdue University Fort Wayne
Northwood	Sen. Andy Zay	State Senate-17
Portage	Chris Darby	Multimedia Journalist, WANE-TV
Portage	Melissa Harring	Director of Video Production, Fort Wayne TinCaps
Portage	Bryan Stine	Senior VP of Sales Operations, Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Price	Evan Hyndman	Controller/Administrator, Home Nursing Services
Scott	Ron Howard	Community Development Manager, Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Shambaugh	Rev. Bill Campbell	Life Bridge Church
Shawnee	Ken Hilliard	Director of Operations, Shadow for Success
Snider	Dana Berkes	Public Affairs Manager, NIPSCO
Snider	Steve Corona	Vice President, FWCS Board of School Trustees
South Side	Marc Levy	Executive Director, Questa Foundation
South Wayne	Jordan Lebamoff	FWCS Board of School Trustees
St. Joseph Central	Dr. Ronald Elsenbaumer	Chancellor, Purdue Fort Wayne
Study	Patti Hays	CEO, AWS Foundation
Towles	Howard Skip Balkenbusch	CEO, Associated Anesthesiologists of Fort Wayne
Washington	Sean Martin	Commander, Whitley County Jail
Washington Center	Jason Holliday	Lead Pastor, Living Grace Community Church
Wayne	Jorge Ortiz	Regional Director, Office of U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly
Waynedale	Mark Bloom	Attorney, Beckman Lawson, LLP
Weisser Park	Mike Gorman	CEO, 21centuryedtech llc
Whitney Young	Todd Stewart	President, One Resource Group

* Attending on alternative date.

With nearly 30,000 students, Fort Wayne Community Schools is one of the largest school districts in Indiana. FWCS proudly allows families to choose any of its 50 schools through its successful school-choice program creating diversity in each school, including some with more than 75 languages spoken. FWCS offers seven magnet schools focusing on areas such as science and math, communication, fine arts or Montessori at the elementary and middle school level. In high school, students can choose from the prestigious International Baccalaureate program, Project Lead the Way or New Tech Academy as well as other rigorous academic and specialty training programs.