Here's What a Principal Does - Preschool Version

Principals, preschoolers Have Your Number!

In honor of School Principals Day on March 6, students in the Caterpillar Pre-K classroom at Sappington Elementary School answered a simple question. Their teacher, Teresa Darr, asked students “What does a principal do?” Here are a few of their responses:

What Does a Principal Do?

• He’s in charge of the whole school.
• He works every day, just like my papa.
• He writes on paper—in the office.
• He writes books.
• When kids get in trouble, they send them to the principal’s office.
• He helps the school not be dirty.
• He sees how cold it is, and how thundery it is, and how long it’s going to rain.
• He helps everybody.
• He looks at how quiet we are.
• He sees how nice we are standing.
• He maybe does the computer.
• He writes important stuff.
• I think he plays chess on the computer.
• He has a desk.
• He works on his computer typing emails.
• He works to make the school good.
• I think he takes pictures of people, and he helps people when they are sick, and checks the weather.
• He plays games—Star Wars.
• He brings the trash and recycle bins to where they’re supposed to be.
• I thought Principal’s Day meant we were off of school.
• When you are bad at school, principals give you a letter to give to your Mom and Dad.
• When someone doesn’t finish their homework and they say that their sister chewed on the paper…then they have to do it in the principal’s office.
• He works at a big stadium with lots of people.
• He has stuff to say sometimes.
• The principal goes out to lunch.
• Sometimes a principal eats lunch at his home.
• A principal dresses up in a Captain America costume sometimes.
• He works in the office and he works on the computer, and he uses a  check-up machine and checks out something—like cards or toys.
• Sometimes the principal goes into people’s classes and sees how they are doing.
• He types pieces of paper and then gives them to people.