School Principals’ Day – May 1
Today, we mark School Principals’ Day – an opportunity to celebrate the incredible work that Principals and Vice-Principals
do!
I want to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude for your leadership, your service, and particularly, your compassion – a core HWDSB value that is essential to our work.
Principals and Vice-Principals are a vital part of HWDSB. Along with providing day-to-day frontline leadership, you champion learning, provide mentorship and guidance, and create safe spaces where students can thrive. Through your connections with staff and students, you show that the heart of education lies in the care and empathy extended towards everyone in the school community.
As U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, “There are no good schools without good principals. It just doesn’t happen. And when you have good principals, good teachers come, and they stay, and they work hard, and they grow.” As Principals and Vice-Principals, your hard work makes a difference that ripples throughout HWDSB schools – to staff, to students, to families, and communities.
Today, and every day, we appreciate everything you do.
Happy Principal’s Day!
Sincerely,
Sheryl Robinson Petrazzini
Director of Education
Updated on Wednesday, May 01, 2024.