Sandra Kreps, who in her nearly 35 years in education has been a classroom teacher, a middle school and high school guidance counselor, graduation coach and assistant high school principal, has been named principal of Monroe High School.
Her appointment was approved Tuesday night (July 28) by the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education. Although Mrs. Kreps has spent the last three years as an assistant principal at Jefferson High School, her appointment is a “coming home” of sorts since she was a Monroe High School guidance counselor for 16 years.
“Monroe High School has made remarkable strides in recent years and has a tremendous amount of momentum. With her superior qualifications, experience and familiarity, Sandy Kreps is the ideal person to lead the continued transformation at Monroe High School,” said Monroe Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Barry Martin. “She knows the people and the culture from her previous time at Monroe High School and has the administrator experience from her recent years at Jefferson High School. We are glad to have her back.”
Among Mrs. Kreps’ accomplishments during her three years at Jefferson which was named a Michigan Department of Education Reward School in the fall of 2014, were co-chairing the Curriculum Leadership Team, developing and implementing Parent Link, serving as a district liaison to county groups working to combat bullying and drug abuse, coordinating the school’s professional development, and developing/implementing Jefferson High’s core tutorial curriculum, a program she had previously developed and implemented at Monroe High School which is producing academic gains in algebra and geometry.
She began her teaching career in 1981 with Jefferson Public Schools. During her time she taught high school and middle school health and physical education, ultimately moving up to become a guidance counselor. During her initial time with Jefferson, she also developed and implemented the K-8 Health Education curriculum.
In 1996, she joined Monroe Public Schools as a Workforce Readiness At-Risk Career Specialist. She was an MHS guidance counselor from 1999-2012, chairing it for four of those years. During her time with Monroe Pubic Schools she was a member of the committee which drafted a district bullying policy, the first in the county. She developed and implemented Parent Link and started a College Fair parent night in 2005. She was a dual enrollment liaison for MHS with MCCC and EMU and was a member of the school’s improvement team for five school years. A charter member of the startup of the school’s freshman academy, she also was a member of the staff when MHS received its Blue Ribbon recognition, due in part to the freshman academy small learning community.
Mrs. Kreps holds a bachelor degree in Education from Central Michigan University and a master degree in Counselor Education from the University of Toledo. She has completed considerable education professional development and holds an Educational Leadership Specialist Degree from Oakland University.