Mr. Rickard is the father of Elura and Sam Rickard. They are in seventh and twelfth grade, respectively. He religiously attends their soccer matches and cross country meets. He heckles his son about finding college scholarships and doing senior year right. He takes his role as a parent seriously, just like his new job helping the students as the assistant principal.
“I want them to know that I have their best interest at all times. I look at them like they are my own children,” Rickard said. “And if something is not good enough for my kids, it is not good enough for them.”
Rickard is the new assistant principal for students with the last names beginning with A-G. This is Rickard’s ninth year as an education administrator. He was a principal at Dover for three years and for one year in the Delmar school district in Delaware. His other four years in administration were in assistant principal positions. With experience in both principal and assistant principal roles, Rickard is ready to transition back into the school year.
“I want them to know that I have their best interest at all times. I look at them like they are my own children,” Rickard said. “And if something is not good enough for my kids, it is not good enough for them.”
Rickard is the new assistant principal for students with the last names beginning with A-G. This is Rickard’s ninth year as an education administrator. He was a principal at Dover for three years and for one year in the Delmar school district in Delaware. His other four years in administration were in assistant principal positions. With experience in both principal and assistant principal roles, Rickard is ready to transition back into the school year.
This article shows news judgment and news style writing. The replacement of a principal is newsworthy because it has proximity and timeliness. Also, with my style of writing, it also has human interest since it delves into the real life of an administrator.
His primary role is disciplining students, but there are many more tasks that he has to do on an everyday basis. He makes sure that the day to day flow of the school day is smooth. Those tasks that may be overlooked by others, such as making sure the outside doors are locked and that students are not sneaking around the halls, are the things that keep him busy.
With his new role as assistant principal, Rickard hopes to keep the high school a safe and productive place for the students. After all, Rickard went into administration to help the students in the first place. He started his education career as a science teacher, but he does not regret his switch to administration.
“As a teacher, I can help a classroom, but as an administrator I can help almost all of the kids,” Rickard said.
Rickard also has bigger ideas in mind to fulfill as assistant principal. His goals are to help the students by helping the teachers first. He wishes to accomplish that by completing teacher evaluations to determine the needs of the high school.
“Two major goals that I have: Number one, to make sure teachers grow,” Rickard said. “Number two, through teaching I want to help students. I really truly want kids to be ready to go when they graduate.”
With his new role as assistant principal, Rickard hopes to keep the high school a safe and productive place for the students. After all, Rickard went into administration to help the students in the first place. He started his education career as a science teacher, but he does not regret his switch to administration.
“As a teacher, I can help a classroom, but as an administrator I can help almost all of the kids,” Rickard said.
Rickard also has bigger ideas in mind to fulfill as assistant principal. His goals are to help the students by helping the teachers first. He wishes to accomplish that by completing teacher evaluations to determine the needs of the high school.
“Two major goals that I have: Number one, to make sure teachers grow,” Rickard said. “Number two, through teaching I want to help students. I really truly want kids to be ready to go when they graduate.”