The Examiner U-46 News FeedBartlett High principal garnering recognition By Seth Hancock
Mike Demovsky, principal at Bartlett High School, will be one of 10 principals from six area counties honored in March at the Golden Apple Celebration of Excellence in Teaching and Leadership and is up for the Golden Apple Foundation’s Stanley C. Golder Achievement Leadership award, which will be announced in May.
Demovsky took over the principal position at Bartlett this school year, and his 18-year career started as a Spanish teacher at the school according to a press release from School District U-46. The previous four years he was principal at South Elgin’s Kenyon Woods Middle School, and for two years he was assistant principal at Streamwood High School.
“I became a principal to help the most people possible,” Demovsky said in the press release. “A principal can affect change with every student in the building and change the lives of teachers and the community.”
Demovsky added: “Being back at Bartlett means everything as I get to give back to the community that raised me as a teacher. It’s an honor to be nominated for this award.”
According to the release, Kenyon Woods students exceeded state standards by over 10 points on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College in 2015-16, and Demovsky helped implement the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support program at the school which earned the highest level, gold status, in 2014.
“We are proud to celebrate Mr. Demovsky as a finalist,” Terri Lozier, assistant superintendent, said in the release. “His outstanding leadership and guidance reflects the time and dedication he has put forth to hone his skills on behalf of hundreds of staff members and thousands of students over the years.”
The winner of the award will receive $10,000, half for professional development and half for a school project of the recipient’s choice.
In a video on U-46’s YouTube page, Bartlett senior Sam Witz said: “Mr. Demovsky has contributed in building our community as a high school in ways that, from what I’ve seen, have never been initiated before. And though we’ve only had him as a leader for just a few months, he has drastically increased the morale of our school, and for that I’m really grateful.”
Electa Gibbs, also a senior, said Demovsky’s motto is “dream big” and “he believes in our dreams. He believes in our future.”
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