For immediate release
Feb. 7, 2018
Regional Wells Fargo Principals of the Year Named
School Leaders Now Compete for State Title
Eight
outstanding public school principals have been selected as regional Wells Fargo
North Carolina Principals of the Year and will now compete for the state title
of 2018 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year.
The winner will
succeed the 2017 recipient, Jason Griffin, principal of Hertford Grammar in
Perquimans County.
The regional
principals of the year are:
- Northeast: Cathy Michelle
White, D.F. Walker Elementary (Edenton-Chowan Public Schools);
- Southeast: Tabari Wallace, West
Craven High (Craven County Schools);
- North Central: Jonathan Enns,
Fuquay-Varina High (Wake County Public Schools);
- Sandhills: Jim Butler, Richmond Senior High (Richmond County
Schools);
- Piedmont-Triad: Tracy Kimmer, Yadkin
Early College (Yadkin County Schools);
- Southwest: Titus Hopper, Cleveland
Early College (Cleveland County Schools);
- Northwest: Desarae Kirkpatrick, Nebo
Elementary (McDowell County Schools) and
- Western: Melissa Godfrey, Andrews
Elementary (Cherokee County Schools).
Regional winners
will each receive $1,000 for personal use and $1,000 for their schools.
A state
selection committee will now review the portfolios of the eight regional
winners and conduct an extensive interview process before selecting the 2018
Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year. The winner will be
announced May 11 at a celebration luncheon in Cary.
This is the 35th
year the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has partnered with The
Wells Fargo Foundation to recognize the state’s outstanding principals. Since 1984,
when the program began, 38 Principals of the Year and 248 regional recipients
have been recognized. In addition, The Wells Fargo Foundation has provided more
than $1 million in cash awards during that time to these school leaders.
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