Graham Junior High principals earn top Region 9 honors

Graham Junior High Principal Ginger Robbins and Assistant Principal Audra Barrett were named by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals as the Region 9 Principal and Assistant Principal of the year.

“We are very proud of the work that Mrs. Robbins and Mrs. Barrett do on behalf of the district and our kids and they are very deserving of the awards bestowed upon them from TASSP to be the Region 9 Principal of the Year and the Region 9 Assistant Principal of the Year and so proud to have them on our team and proud of their efforts,” Graham ISD Superintendent Sonny Cruse said.

Each year the TASSP looks to recognize outstanding performance in campus level administrators in Texas. The Region Outstanding Principal Awards were presented at the Jostens Night of the Stars Awards Dinner held on June 13 in Austin.

All principals, headmasters, or leaders of a virtual, public, or private middle level or high school in Texas are eligible to be a Texas principal of the year candidate.

Applicants must have served as a principal at one of more middle level or high schools for three or more consecutive school years and shown outstanding active leadership as a front-line principal.

Region 9 covers a 37 school district area of 10,634.5 square miles and 12 counties. Within the region is over 37,600 students and 5,580 staff members located on 118 campus according to the Region 9 website.