A School District U46 principal is in the running for one of the Chicago area’s Golden Apple awards, recognizing both teachers and school administrators.
Bartlett High School principal Mike Demovsky is one of 10 finalists for the Golden Apple Foundation’s Stanley C. Golder Achievement Leadership Award.
According to a U46 news release, the leadership award honors one outstanding preK-12 principal who has served as a principal at one or more public or nonpublic schools for five or more consecutive school years. The winner of the award will receive a $10,000 cash award, with $5,000 going toward professional development and the other half to the school for a project of the recipient’s choosing.
“We are proud to celebrate Mr. Demovsky as a finalist,” said Terri Lozier, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Schools Instruction and Equity. “His outstanding leadership and guidance reflects the time and dedication he has put forth to hone his skills on behalf of hundreds of staff members and thousands of students over the years.”
Demovsky has been Bartlett principal since the beginning of the school year, and is a former principal of Kenyon Woods Middle School and assistant principal of Streamwood High School. He began his career in education as a Spanish teacher.
“I became a principal to help the most people possible,” he said. “A principal can affect change with every student in the building and change the lives of teachers and the community.”
Along with Demovsky and the other administrator finalists, 34 teachers from the Chicago area have been recognized as Golden Apple finalists in the 2017 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. Both groups of nominees will be recognized twice: once at a March 4 brunch and a final awards ceremony on May 20.
