{"id":32925,"date":"2024-11-15T16:29:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T21:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/?p=32925"},"modified":"2024-11-15T16:20:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T21:20:01","slug":"laurie-hitzges-selected-as-principal-for-everwood-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/laurie-hitzges-selected-as-principal-for-everwood-elementary\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurie Hitzges Selected as Principal for Everwood Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m3j2zu22-f4846ac00fde689ca56cae5a5fd0b4f2\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m3j2zu22-f4846ac00fde689ca56cae5a5fd0b4f2{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m3j2zu22-f4846ac00fde689ca56cae5a5fd0b4f2 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m3j2zu22-f4846ac00fde689ca56cae5a5fd0b4f2 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m3j2zu22-f4846ac00fde689ca56cae5a5fd0b4f2 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  >Laurie Hitzges Selected as Principal for Everwood Elementary<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-369se5-af596b745d942eef059ca6aea7b1d656 hr-default  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m3j2z28z-97d39400d6478ea2f7386b768096b00a '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32926 alignleft lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Laurie-Hitzges-264x300.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Laurie-Hitzges-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Laurie-Hitzges.jpg 564w\">Superintendent Will Schofield announced today his intent to recommend Laurie Hitzges, the current Principal of McEver Arts Academy, as the first Principal of the district\u2019s newest elementary school, Everwood Elementary. Schofield\u2019s recommendation will be made at the Monday, November 18, 2024 board meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Everwood will open its doors to the communities of Oakwood Elementary and McEver Arts Academy in the fall of 2025. Those two schools will close and merge to form Everwood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited and honored with the opportunity to serve as the first principal of Everwood Elementary School, said Hitzges. \u201cWe are not just merging two schools; we are creating a unified community of learners, educators, and families. And when we come together, we will do extraordinary things! The future of Everwood Elementary School is bright, and I can\u2019t wait to see all the wonderful things we will accomplish together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A second-generation Cuban American, Hitzges was raised in a bilingual household in South Florida. She began her career as an elementary school teacher, spending 13 years in classrooms in both Broward County, Florida, and Jackson County, Georgia. From 2010 to 2015, she served as an assistant principal in Jackson County before transitioning to Hall County. In June 2015, she became Co-Principal of the World Language Academy Elementary School and was later appointed Principal of the World Language Academy Middle School in 2018. In April 2024, Hitzges was named Principal of McEver Arts Academy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Laurie Hitzges has consistently shown an exceptional ability to foster community and bring students, staff, and families together around a shared commitment to excellence,&#8221; said Superintendent Will Schofield. &#8220;We are excited to see her guide these two communities as they unite, knowing the students of Everwood Elementary will be in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='avia-video av-m3j8rm9r-c351c9483d83e2cdcb40ed54f0b3ca69 avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  data-original_url='https:\/\/youtu.be\/mAyt2iSidx0'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everwood Elementary School New Principal\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"about:blank\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mAyt2iSidx0?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;mute=0\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superintendent Will Schofield announced today his intent to recommend Laurie Hitzges, the current Principal of McEver Arts Academy, as the first Principal of the district\u2019s newest elementary school, Everwood Elementary. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":32926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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