GASTONIA — The St. Michael School community welcomed Kathleen Miller as interim principal Jan. 13.
Miller will serve as principal for the remainder of the school year after former principal Sheila Levesque took a new career opportunity in December to be closer to her home, in the new role as coordinator of accountability and testing for York School District 1 in South Carolina.
“We remain grateful for Mrs. Levesque’s service to St. Michael Catholic School over the past four years,” said Father Lucas Rossi, pastor of St. Michael Parish, noting Levesque's role in the school’s recently completed $1.6 million renovation.
Miller holds a Bachelor of Science in special education and a Master of Science in Education from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. She also studied education leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has more than 15 years of experience teaching and serving as principal in the Diocese of Charlotte’s Catholic schools system, and more than 40 years in education overall. She most recently served as principal of Our Lady of Grace School in Greensboro, retiring in 2018.
“We are excited to welcome Mrs. Miller as interim principal for the remainder of this school year,” Father Rossi noted. “She is a very capable leader and she will provide expert help to our team during this leadership transition.”
The search process for a new principal will begin soon, and he said he expects that the position will be filled before the start of the next school year.
— Catholic News Herald