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that he would leave,” Heroux says. “Then, I moved into the
principal position after he took another job in Florida. The
teachers and staff were equally as supportive as when I first
came here as a teacher. When you move from teaching into
administration, there are some changes there, but they have
been nothing but wonderful.”
Noting that the one thing she loved about classroom teaching
is the fact that no two days are alike, Heroux says she has
found her new administrative role to be much the same.
“There is never a dull moment,” she says. “Working
through an issue with a teacher, or a student or helping a parent
navigate an issue, there are so many moving parts, new
challenges and new opportunities each day.”
In addition to her mother and grandmother, Heroux’s family
line of educators includes her aunt, Maria Morgan, who
is a teacher and assistant principal at St. Helen’s School in
Vero Beach, and her older sister, Kaylee Tobin, who is a senior
American government and economics teacher at John Carroll.
Husband, David, is also an educator. He teaches music at
Indian River Charter High School in Vero.
Reflecting on her first year of heading up the 385-student
school, Heroux says she thinks it has gone very well, again
thanking the cooperative spirit of the faculty and staff, and
especially her sister.
“I have a wonderful administrative team,” she says. “Our
assistant principal, Mindi Miller, is also new to John Carroll
this year. She was the assistant principal at St. Joseph’s School
in Stuart before that and she is a rock star. She is in the same
leadership program as I was at Notre Dame and she will get
her master’s in educational leadership degree this summer.
We have implemented a couple of new things and are working
Heroux enjoys
the challenges of
each day in the
principal’s office.
on others to roll out next school year, but we really kind
of dove in. We are looking at all aspects of the school and
staying focused on continuous improvement.”
She adds that she and her team are working on getting better
at “providing that kind of environment where a student is
really known and loved and that their teachers play an active
role in their educational experience throughout their four
years — building relationships with their teachers and with
the community here.”
It should be a wonderful second year, with many more
to follow.
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