Fort Wayne Community Schools welcomes 50 community members into our schools to serve as guest principals for the annual Principal for a Day event. Guests representing local businesses, elected officials, service organizations and community groups, will visit their assigned schools the morning of Thursday, Oct. 20, unless other arrangements were made.

The guest principals will visit the schools from the beginning of the school day until noon, experiencing what a principal goes through in a day. From welcoming students into a building to dealing with concerned parents to working directly with teachers to improve academic achievement, principals do it all. The guests will see the amount of time principals spend as instructional leaders, a key component to ensuring each student is educated to high standards.

Following the shadowing experience, the principals and their guests are invited to lunch at the new Family and Community Engagement Center, 230 E. Douglas Ave., where students in the FWCS Career Academy Culinary Arts program will serve a delicious meal.

“Principal for a Day is a great event each year because we get to show off what we do to leaders in the community,” Superintendent Wendy Robinson said. “Each year, our guests are astounded by the intricate work going on in our buildings to ensure all students are educated to high standards. What we do doesn’t happen by accident, which is something these leaders can understand and appreciate. We are very deliberate in our work, and we are proud to welcome guests into our buildings knowing that they will share what they see with others.”

The guest principals come from a variety of occupations, leadership positions and organizations in our community. The following is a list of the schools participating and their guest principals: