Schools
New principal doffs chair time for more active approach
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| SNP photo by Tim
Johnson Ken Pease will be the new principal at Slate Hill Elementary School as the new school year begins Aug. 24. |
By PAMELA WILLIS
New Slate Hill Elementary School Principal Ken Pease hopes
to be out of his new office and interacting with students as
much as possible this school year, which begins on Aug. 24.
"I have a hard time sitting down," he said. "Students will find me greeting them in the morning, joining them at recess or sitting with them in the classroom. I like to jump into learning right alongside the students.
"That is the best way to get to know them," said Pease, who replaces Dan Girard, Slate Hill principal of seven years.
Girard is now the athletic director at Thomas Worthington High School.
Pease was a principal in South-Western City Schools for the past two years and has been with that district as an administrator or a teacher since 1999.
The 39-year-old began his career in education in the Houston Independent School District in 1995, teaching kindergarten through sixth-grade students.
He said he was attracted to the position at Slate Hill "because of its excellent history and rich diversity."
"I'm excited to be a part of a strong community that supports schools and the education of all our students," he said.
Pease is a father of four as well as a long-time educator; he and wife Kristin are parents to Kathryn, 10; David, 9; Noah, 7 and Elizabeth, 4.
"I have terrific kids and when I'm not being a principal, I'm busy being a dad," he said. "We enjoy being together whether we are swimming at the pool, reading at the library or playing at the ball fields."
His accomplishments include Outstanding Educator Awards in 2000, 2006 and 2008 and a School Bell Award in 2008; he was a statewide trainer for the Ohio Mathematics Academy Program Summer Academy in 2005 and an OMAP development team member and author from 2004-2006.
Pease said the International Baccalaureate Program at Slate Hill is an exciting prospect.
"I'm looking forward to fully implementing the International Baccalaureate Program," he said. "Over the past several years, Slate Hill has worked to be an IB school and I get the opportunity to lead the school in this new direction. We are going to have a very good year."
Pease said he's eager to start the new school year.
"I'm looking forward to school starting and seeing the hallways filled with kids," he said. "I've heard so many great things about the students, staff and parents that I am eager to meet everyone."
"I have a hard time sitting down. ... I like to jump into learning right alongside the students."
--Ken Pease
"I have a hard time sitting down," he said. "Students will find me greeting them in the morning, joining them at recess or sitting with them in the classroom. I like to jump into learning right alongside the students.
"That is the best way to get to know them," said Pease, who replaces Dan Girard, Slate Hill principal of seven years.
Girard is now the athletic director at Thomas Worthington High School.
Pease was a principal in South-Western City Schools for the past two years and has been with that district as an administrator or a teacher since 1999.
The 39-year-old began his career in education in the Houston Independent School District in 1995, teaching kindergarten through sixth-grade students.
He said he was attracted to the position at Slate Hill "because of its excellent history and rich diversity."
"I'm excited to be a part of a strong community that supports schools and the education of all our students," he said.
Pease is a father of four as well as a long-time educator; he and wife Kristin are parents to Kathryn, 10; David, 9; Noah, 7 and Elizabeth, 4.
"I have terrific kids and when I'm not being a principal, I'm busy being a dad," he said. "We enjoy being together whether we are swimming at the pool, reading at the library or playing at the ball fields."
His accomplishments include Outstanding Educator Awards in 2000, 2006 and 2008 and a School Bell Award in 2008; he was a statewide trainer for the Ohio Mathematics Academy Program Summer Academy in 2005 and an OMAP development team member and author from 2004-2006.
Pease said the International Baccalaureate Program at Slate Hill is an exciting prospect.
"I'm looking forward to fully implementing the International Baccalaureate Program," he said. "Over the past several years, Slate Hill has worked to be an IB school and I get the opportunity to lead the school in this new direction. We are going to have a very good year."
Pease said he's eager to start the new school year.
"I'm looking forward to school starting and seeing the hallways filled with kids," he said. "I've heard so many great things about the students, staff and parents that I am eager to meet everyone."
"I have a hard time sitting down. ... I like to jump into learning right alongside the students."
--Ken Pease
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