Waterford Principal Named "Principal of the Year"

WATERFORD, CT - Great Neck Elementary School Principal Pat Fedor has been selected as the Connecticut PTA Principal of the Year for 2017. She was nominated by the Great Neck PTA and district staff, according to a release.

Fedor was awarded this honor based on her amazing leadership for learning, outstanding communication with students and parents, her community involvement as well as incomparable professionalism. (To sign up for Waterford breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

She has served as an extraordinary administrator in the Waterford Public Schools’ district for 20 years, leading her administrative colleagues, school staff and Great Neck Elementary School students and parents to create a strong and collaborative educational community.

She has been praised for her educational leadership, compassionate demeanor, and defined professionalism.

Fedor has created a caring and educationally strong culture where everyone that works in the school believes in their motto “Great Neck Elementary School Has Kids Who Smile.”

She will be honored with the award at the Connecticut PTA Outstanding Administrator Awards Dinner on April 25 in Milford.

Photo courtesy Caroline Whittaker.