Cathy McDonald has been appointed as a new assistant principal at Monroe High School.  Her appointment was affirmed Tuesday night (July 28) by the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education.

     Mrs. McDonald, who has her bachelor degree in Education from the University of Toledo, her Master of Arts Degree in teaching from Marygrove College and her Administrator Certificate from Concordia University, has since 2008 been a middle school language arts and social studies teacher at East Middle School, one of the top-performing schools in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools district. 

     “We’re excited to have Cathy McDonald join our staff.  She comes from a top-performing school and has had a number of leadership roles already as a classroom teacher,” said Mrs. Julie Everly, deputy superintendent, Monroe Public Schools.  “She also has championed various educational initiatives which have been recognized nationally.  We have a tremendous amount of momentum going at Monroe High School and Cathy will be one of our major players in the continued shift to a college- and career-going culture.”  

     In her new assignment, Mrs. McDonald succeeds Kim Diven who retired at the end of the 2014-15 school year.

     While at East Middle School, Mrs. McDonald was head of the English Language Arts Department, served on the district’s recent Facility and Boundary Study Steering Committee as her school’s representative, was a leader in the professional learning communities and served on the Diversity Council. 

     She also has teaching experience at Harper Woods Secondary School and student taught at several Toledo- and Sylvania, Ohio-area schools.  In her career, she has made several presentations at national conferences of various groups in which she is active.