Addie Gaines, principal at Kirbyville Elementary
School, has been selected as this year’s Missouri Distinguished Principal from
the Southwest District of the Missouri Association of Elementary School
Principals (MAESP).
She is one of 12 principals
from MAESP districts around the state who will be honored March 10 at a
reception and banquet at Tan-Tar-A Resort at Osage Beach. The event will be held in conjunction with
the annual MAESP Spring Conference.
This is the 23rd year that MAESP has held the banquet.
She received her undergraduate degree from Missouri
Southern State University in Joplin, her master’s degree from Missouri State
University in Springfield, and her specialist degree from Lindenwood University
in St. Charles, Mo.
Gaines has been elementary principal in Kirbyville
for 10 years. In addition to her elementary principal duties, she serves
as the federal programs coordinator, the curriculum director, and the special
services program coordinator. She has been in education for 23 years, including
11 years as a kindergarten teacher in the Seneca R-VI School District.
She has published several articles about early childhood education and
classroom management in several books and journals, as well as, online. She has
made presentations at the local, state and national level.
In 2011 Kirbyville Elementary was one of 8 schools
in Missouri honored as a Missouri Gold Star School and one of 4 schools in
Missouri honored as a National Blue Ribbon School. The National Blue Ribbon
School award is the highest recognition given to schools by the United States
Department of Education.
According to Gaines, accepting the National Blue
Ribbon Award on behalf of Kirbyville Elementary was a both a capstone and a
cornerstone. It was a capstone, as it signified the fact that students at
Kirbyville are learning and achieving at high levels. It was a cornerstone, as
it is a solid foundation upon which the future can be built.
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