2010.10.13: October 13, 2010: Nicaragua RPCV Ruth King has been selected as one of the nation's top principals by the National Association of Elementary School principals
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2010.10.13: October 13, 2010: Nicaragua RPCV Ruth King has been selected as one of the nation's top principals by the National Association of Elementary School principals
Nicaragua RPCV Ruth King has been selected as one of the nation's top principals by the National Association of Elementary School principals
Ruth King, who was principal of Homer Elementary School in Homer until she retired this June, was one of 62 elementary and middle school principals named as the association's 2010 National Distinguished Principals King has been an elementary school administrator for 20 years, 18 years at Homer Elementary School. The school is a kindergarten through second grade school with an enrollment of 420 students. King also worked as an elementary teacher, a remedial reading teacher, and a pre-school teacher trainer for the United States Peace Corps in Managua, Nicaragua.
Nicaragua RPCV Ruth King has been selected as one of the nation's top principals by the National Association of Elementary School principals
Cortland County woman honored as one of nation's top educators
Published: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 9:06 AM Updated: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 10:07 AM
The Post-Standard
Ruth King, principal of Homer Elementary School, has been selected as one of nation's top educators.
A Cortland County woman has been selected as one of the nation's top principals by the National Association of Elementary School principals.
Ruth King, who was principal of Homer Elementary School in Homer until she retired this June, was one of 62 elementary and middle school principals named as the association's 2010 National Distinguished Principals
King has been an elementary school administrator for 20 years, 18 years at Homer Elementary School. The school is a kindergarten through second grade school with an enrollment of 420 students.
King received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the State University of New York at Cortland.
King said she counts the character education program that she started among her key accomplishments as a principal. She says the process of developing the program brought her staff and community together. The positive energy from that collaboration "continues to permeate our school," she said.
King also worked as an elementary teacher, a remedial reading teacher, and a pre-school teacher trainer for the United States Peace Corps in Managua, Nicaragua.
The principals will be honored Friday at an awards banquet in Washington, D.C.
Jason Clark, principal at Lake Street Elementary School in the Chittenango Central School District, wrote a letter supporting King's nomination. He said she has given him years of support and encouragement, beginning when he was a senior in high school, through college and mentoring him as he moved into administration.
"Ruth's creative and student-centered philosophy is an attribute that makes her an effective educational leader," he wrote
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