South School Fifth Grader is Principal for the Day
Andrew Chiang won a raffle at the school’s Pumpkin Patch to be the principal for the day. He gave the students extra recess and shadowed full-time principal Maureen Mulvey on Wednesday of this week.
Andrew Chiang skipped class on Wednesday and spent much of the day in the principal’s office. But the fifth grader at the South School wasn’t in trouble. He was the principal—for the day. Chiang won a raffle drawing to be principal for the day at the South School’s Pumpkin Patch on Sunday, Oct. 23. He spent the following Wednesday, Oct. 26, shadowing full-time principal Maureen Mulvey and seeing what the job entailed—everything from greeting parents and students at drop-off to analyzing MCAS scores. Chiang said the experience was “really awesome.” “My friends were really surprised and the teachers called me Mr. Chiang,” he said. As most elementary school children might do if made principal for the day, Chiang gave the students extra recess…
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