Assistant principals named for St. Mary schools

The St. Mary Parish school system has chosen several new assistant principals as necessitated by recent changes in the principal ranks and planned retirements.

Schools receiving newly appointed assistant principals include Berwick, Hattie Watts, and Raintree elementary schools along with Morgan City Junior High.

At Berwick Elementary, the administrative ranks will add two new assistant principals to the school including Mary Jo Beadle, who transfers from Morgan City Junior High, and Rebecca Pye who moves from Berwick High School, where she was employed as an English teacher.

Hattie Watts Elementary will add Assistant Principal Celeste Pipes, who most recently served as a mentor teacher and instructor of third grade math and science at Bayou Vista Elementary School. Additionally, Raintree Elementary’s newest assistant principal is Hollis Wilson-Davis, an English teacher from Franklin Junior High, who will replace Paul Godfrey upon his retirement.

The administrative adjustment at Morgan City Junior High will see Andrea Barras move from Maitland Elementary into an assistant principal role. Barras also previously served as both a curriculum facilitator and acting principal of Aucoin Elementary.

The most recent appointment of assistant principals solidifies school leadership teams just as all administrators begin a series of summer trainings and school-level meetings to plan for the upcoming school year. Newly installed assistant principals will officially begin their positions July 12.