The sounds of finding classrooms, opening lockers, and seeing friends filled the middle school and high school in Wrangell last Thursday morning. Another school year has started and both students and teachers were excited.
David Macri, recently brought on as the new principal of the middle and high school, took the opportunity to introduce himself in a student assembly. He also took some time to lay out a few of his expectations of the student body for the year.
Macri told the students that he wanted to see students treating others respectfully, and to be friendly to new people in their class. He also told the older students that they were role models for the younger ones and asked them to be sure they were setting a good example. He shared with the students a motto he wanted them to keep in mind through the year: Acta non verba, or "action, not words."
"Talk's really cheap," Macri said. "But we look at what we do, we look at ourselves in the mirror. Each one of these people, every night, we evaluate how well we did for you. You folks need to start thinking about doing that. You need to look at yourself each night in the mirror and say, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, eh, I need to develop that area.'"
During the assembly Macri also took the opportunity to introduce new teachers. There are three new teachers this year, each working for both the middle school and high school:
Special education teacher Shane Phillips;
Art teacher Shanna Mall; and
Math teacher Jennifer Ingman.
"This is about you," Macri said. "This is about now and your future. That's what this is about. I'll tell you what, I like to have fun, but I take your education very seriously. Nothing's going to get in our way of doing the best that we can every day to meet your needs and expectations."
The last day of school will be May 23, 2019.
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