02/25/09 GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRESS RELEASE: North Mianus Principal Appointment

Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Betty J. Sternberg, has announced the
appointment of Mrs. Angela Schmidt as Principal of North Mianus School, effective July 1,
2009.

See attached for more information

Photo also attached, not best quality, but it is all that I was able to
obtain.

Kim Eves
Director of Communications
Greenwich Board of Education
290 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830

http://www.greenwichschools.org/

Phone: 203-625-7415
e mail: kim_eves@greenwich.k12.ct.us
Fax: 203-869-8003

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SUPRINTENDENT APPOINTS NORTH MIANUS SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

(For immediate release: Greenwich, CT – Wednesday, February 25, 2009)

Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Betty J. Sternberg, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Angela Schmidt as Principal of North Mianus School. Mrs. Schmidt is a highly qualified teacher and administrator and has spent the last nine years with the Greenwich Public Schools. An experienced leader, Mrs. Schmidt has held the position of Assistant Principal at three of our elementary schools and is currently the Co-President of the Greenwich Organization of School Administrators (GOSA). In her most recent position as Assistant Principal at New Lebanon School, she provided invaluable expertise in the school’s ongoing transition to a magnet status and in guiding staff in the implementation of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. She is adept at data driven decision-making and has clearly demonstrated what it means to be an instructional leader. Dr. Sternberg said, “Mrs. Schmidt has the vast knowledge, skills and experience necessary to bring North Mianus students to higher and higher levels of achievement. Her infectious energy and commitment will serve the North Mianus community well.”

Bio Brief for Angela Schmidt

An educator for twenty-four years, Mrs. Schmidt began her teaching career as a Kindergarten and 1st grade teacher at Christa McAuliffe Elementary in Palm Bay, FL in 1985. She moved to Riviera Elementary School in the same town in 1988 and remained there until 1996. During that time, she taught various grade levels, including multi-age classes; she was named Teacher of the Year in 1992, and she spent a year in Leeds, UK as a Year One teacher at Potternewton Primary School. In 1996, Mrs. Schmidt moved to Milan, Italy where she spent four years as a teacher of various primary grades at the American School of Milan. In 2000, she returned to the United States and became part of the inaugural staff at Greenwich Public Schools’ first magnet school, The International School at Dundee. In 2004, Mrs. Schmidt was promoted to Assistant Principal of Hamilton Avenue School, assisting in the move to the modular unit and the educational specifications for the new building. In 2005, Mrs. Schmidt returned to the International School at Dundee as the Assistant Principal. In 2008, she moved to New Lebanon School as Assistant Principal and has been instrumental in assisting the school in their transition to a magnet school and implementing the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. Mrs. Schmidt is skilled at organizing staff in the review of data to identify student needs and to plan for strategies to meet the needs of all students. She is trained in the International Baccalaureate Programme, a mentor /coach for beginning teachers, and is an active member of numerous District and school-based curriculum and program committees. Mrs. Schmidt received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from State College University, Oneonta, NY; her Masters in International Education from Framingham State College, Framingham, MA, and her Principal Certification from the College of New Jersey in Trenton, NJ.

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