PGCPS Welcomes New Principals

PGCPS is welcoming 34? new principals for the 2023-24 school year. While some will be first-time PGCPS administrators, many were promoted through the school system’s “grow our own” initiative, which offers school leadership training and mentoring.

• Shawna Berry, Capitol Heights ES
• Laura Guzman, Cesar Chavez Dual Spanish Immersion
• Michael Coates, Charles Carroll MS
• Laura Carr-Degen, Cool Spring ES
• Kia Payne, Cora Rice ES
• Tracey Walters, District Heights ES
• Kimberly Corprew, Fort Washington Forest ES
• Samecia Broussard, G. James Gholson MS
• Tara Moore, Gladys Noon Spellman
• Jamilah Weldon, Glassmanor ES
• Naima Hopkin-Vinson, Gwynn Park HS
• Terrell Hall, Gwynn Park MS
• Michelle Pegram, Highland Park ES
• Sandra Bunns, Judge Sylvania Woods ES
• Rhonda Clomax, Kenilworth ES
• Tyrone Harris, Laurel ES
• Mellanie Brady, Legends Charter School
• Sharelle Stagg, Magnolia ES
• Jennifer Gerwig, Montpelier ES
• Wendell Coleman, Non-Traditional School South
• Shaun Mathis, Northview ES
• Nkenge Barker, Northwestern HS
• Emmitt Hendershot, Paint Branch ES
• DeMarco Clark, Potomac HS
• Demure Gavin, Rockledge ES
• Brandi Smith, Samuel P. Massie Academy
• Ebony Mauldin, Seabrook ES
• Leroy Alicea, Sonia Sotomayor MS at Adelphi
• Kia Cadet, Thomas Johnson MS
• Trina Hayes, Thurgood Marshall MS
• Nyree Smith, William Beanes ES
• Jesse Belarde, William Hall Academy