New principal for Wildwood School

Staff and students of Wildwood School will have a new face in administration, Principal Mike Gray, for the 2017-18 school year as their current principal has recently announced his retirement at the end of June. Although new to Wildwood, Mike is not new to Grande Yellowhead nor to administration ~ he has been a proud employee of the division for almost 30 years, and the Principal at Evansview School in Evansburg since 2007.

“Except for my first year of teaching in Hinton, I have lived and worked within the east end of the division in both Evansburg and Niton Junction. When the principalship came up at Wildwood, I thought this would be an opportune time to spend some quality time in the other community within our Lobstick zone,” notes Mike.

Mike graduated from the University of Alberta in 1987 with a minor in Special Education, and received his Masters in Curriculum Instruction in 2014. In 1988, he started his teaching career with Grande Yellowhead at École Mountain View School in Hinton. In June of 1989, Mike moved to Niton Central School where he worked until 1991 when he transferred to Evansview. Mike was the Grade 3 teacher at Evansview for the next 16 years. He worked as assistant principal, under two different principals at Evansview until he accepted the Principal’s position in 2007. Students enjoyed being in Mr. Gray’s classroom because “he makes learning interesting and fun!” ~ now students at Wildwood will also become the lucky benefactors of Mike’s engaging learning style.

Wildwood School is a Kindergarten to Grade 9 school located in Wildwood, AB and has a current population of 108 students.