This week, we showed our #CPSDPride by giving a #SuperSchoolShoutout to Harrison Preparatory School (HP) which has recently welcomed its new principal, Natasha Richardson, to the Puma community. We also celebrated multilingual learning (ML) teacher Joellia Pichardo and senior Charles Vanek.
Principal Richardson’s daughter attended HP as a student and loved being a Puma. When the principal position opened over the summer, Richardson, who was a principal in Highline Public Schools at the time, leapt at the chance to be part of HP once again.
“I felt like how cool would it be to work for a school that I felt confident could take care of my child when she was a student,” Principal Richardson said. “I knew all about the important work that they do here, and it led to my daughter feeling like she belonged somewhere for the first time in her life.”
Principal Richardson is eager to continue fostering the deep bonds that HP students and staff share while bringing her perspective to the table. “I learned a lot at my previous schools which were an alternative learning school and a comprehensive high school,” she said. “I served so many different communities and learned about the importance of diversity in culture and thought.”…