Valley View Names New Principal Of Jane Addams Middle School

BOLINGBROOK, IL — The Valley View School District 365U Board of Education has approved the selection of Sonia Ruiz to the position of Principal of Jane Addams Middle School in Bolingbrook.
Ruiz comes to Jane Addams after serving as Principal of Lincoln Middle School in Berwyn North School District 98 for the previous year, the district said in a news release.

Prior to her work at Berwyn North, she served for four years as Associate Principal at Northwood Middle School in North Shore District 112 from 2017-2021. Ruiz began her career in education as a school social worker in 2001 in Cicero District 99. She continued in that role through the end of the 2007-08 school year while also taking on District-level responsibilities as District Drug-Free Liaison, Social Work Field Supervisor, and School Work Facilitator, according to the district. In August 2008, Ruiz became Assistant Principal at Unity West Junior High in Cicero, serving in that role until 2015 when she was elevated to Associate Principal.

Ruiz earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1995. She also holds Masters’ Degrees in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and in School Leadership from Concordia University Chicago, the district said.

Ruiz is currently a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in Educational and Administrative Foundations at Illinois State University.