By GLEN WERLING
The boss positions at Norwell are filled.
Members of the Northern Wells Community Schools Board Tuesday night filled the positions of both Norwell High School Principal and Norwell Middle School Principal.
Kameron Meyer was hired as the high school principal and Andrew Enderle was hired as the middle school principal.
A 2000 graduate of Bluffton High School, Meyer observed that Norwell has had a special place in his heart the past 16 years.
He taught business classes at Heritage Junior/Senior High School from career planning and finance all the way up to dual-credit economics. His wife taught at Bellmont. Family was here. Ossian seemed like a good in between point so that’s where they settled.
“I knew all of the good things that were going on at Norwell. This opportunity doesn’t come around very often where you can be the principal in your own backyard in your own community,” Meyer said. “That really excites me.”
And Meyer’s wife, Abby, is currently a sixth grade teacher at Norwell Middle School.
Their daughters are in the Northern Wells system as well. Aubrey is an eighth grade student at the middle school and Brenna is a fifth grader at Ossian Elementary.
“That excited me. Family is important to us. Being on the same schedule is important to us. I know a lot of people in this community. I know the parents here are actively involved in Norwell. It’s exciting to be a part of that.
Meyer is coming to Norwell from New Haven where he has served for one year as the assistant principal. He has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, both in business education at Ball State University. That is also where he earned his building level administrator license.
“I’m just so excited to be a part of all of the great things going on at Norwell. I’m excited to get to know the staff and I’m excited to get to know the student body. I’m excited to be a part of the extra-curricular and co-curricular activities including concerts, plays and choir events along with the athletic events. There’s so much good going on at Norwell that drew me here.”
Meyer replaces David Parker, who accepted a position as assistant superintendent at Blackford Community Schools at the outset of the 2021-22 school year. The interim principal while the school board was searching for Parker’s replacement has been Brent Lehman.
Meyer assumes his duties Aug. 1.
Enderle is no stranger to the middle school either. He has served the past year as the assistant principal and athletic director at the school.
“I feel blessed to spend this year in a community that I’ve lived in for almost a decade. I’m super excited and looking forward to serving in this role,” Enderle said.
He met with the staff last week to talk about the change. “I want to give a shout out to our NMS staff. I’m confident in taking this role because of them. We just have some excellent, excellent people here.”
“I know I have big shoes to fill,” Enderle said referring to his predecessor, Tim Wilson, who submitted his resignation to the board last month to take a position as principal at Westview High School in Topeka.
“The tradition of excellence at Norwell is something I’m committed to. We’re trying to build upon that foundation of excellence for the future of our kids.”
He added that he was thankful to the school board for giving him the opportunity to serve as principal.
Enderle served in the same position as assistant principal and athletic director at Riverview Middle School in Huntington for two years before coming to NMS. Prior to that, he served as a special education teacher at Huntington North and at Homestead High School.
Enderle is a native of Huron, Ohio, and a graduate of Norwalk High School in Norwalk, Ohio, about halfway between Cleveland and Toledo.
His bachelor of arts is in special education and physical education from Anderson University. His masters of education in administration and supervision is from Ball State.
In other personnel matters Tuesday, board members accepted the retirement of school bus driver Tonya Jenkins, accepted the resignations of Rachel DiSalle as high school Spanish, theater and career and technical education teacher and Meghan Tonner as Ossian Elementary teaching assistant. She is transitioning to a graduate intern position in counseling at OES for the 2022-23 school year.
The board members also approved the hiring Stephanie Scott as the head coach for the high school boys and girls swimming and diving teams.
The board members also accepted a donation of $13,814 for the Riley Dance Marathon held at the high school earlier this year. Board president Corey Krug expressed his appreciation to all who donated to the event.
The board members also accepted anonymous donations of $200 to the boys’ basketball program and $100 from the Bob Bryan Memorial to the athletic programs.
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