Schools
Joliet Public Schools Welcome New Principals for a Day
Twenty Community Members Served as Honorary Joliet District 86 Principals
Joliet Public Schools District 86 welcomed community and business members into elementary and junior high schools for the District’s annual Principal for a Day Celebration. “Honorary” principals shadowed the school principals and helped with student arrival, morning announcements, visiting classrooms, lunchroom duty, and supervising outside recess.
"Our Principal for a Day event is one of my favorite days of the year.” said Joliet Public Schools District 86 Superintendent Dr. Theresa Rouse. “We love inviting community members into our schools to see the wonderful things happening in our schools."
Honorary Principals of the Day included: Alicia Morales, Joliet Township Government, M.J. Cunningham Elementary; Pastor Dwayne Barefield, All Nations Church, Dirksen Junior High; Deb Upshaw, National Hook-up of Black Women; Eisenhower Academy; Theresa Ward, Will County Regional Office of Education; Farragut Elementary; Karrie White, Rival5 Technologies Corporation, Forest Park Individual Education School; Bob DiLorenzo, Gompers Class of 1958 Alum, Gompers Junior High; Chris Parker, African American Business Association, Hufford Junior High; Tamra Bienemann, Will County Community Concerns, Thomas Jefferson Elementary; Envoy Scott Hurula, Salvation Army, Edna Keith Elementary; Al Vertin, Joliet Police Department, A.O. Marshall Elementary; Dr. Karla Guseman, Joliet Township High School District 204 Superintendent, Marycrest Early Childhood Center; Julie Bankes, MPSI Security, Pershing Elementary; Pastor Ricardo Alcala, Iglesia Camino al Cielo, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Erica McCullum, House of Valor, Carl Sandburg Elementary; Beth Beatty, City of Joliet, Isaac Singleton Elementary; Howard Wright, State Farm Insurance, Taft Elementary; Dr. Yolanda Farmer, Joliet Junior College, Lynne Thigpen Elementary; Colette Safford, Safford Law Office, Thompson Instructional Center; Caroline Portlock, Workforce of Will County, Washington Junior High; and Terri Purcell, Joliet Public Library; Woodland Elementary.
