Goodbye, Mr. McGuire

Mr McGuire the principal of SJHS is leaving us next year and we will miss him very much!  He has made an impact on the school and made SJHS the great school it is. The students here at SJHS have enjoyed very much having Mr McGuire as a principal.

What does Mr McGuire like about being the principal?  He says “I have enjoyed all of the great students.” People don't realize that principals care about the students.  That is their whole job to help the school but the most important job it to care for the students. We asked some students “How has Mr McGuire helped you in the school year?”  Gunner Bowers a 8th grade boy replied with “He makes sure we get to class on time and he’s a pretty good guy.” Mr McGuire walks around the halls and tells kids to get to class on time.  Students don't realize that he is trying to help you. Grades and attendance start to matter and colleges will look at your attendance and if you have bad attendance they won’t take you. Brooklynn Zajac a 7th grade girl said, “he helps the teachers out so they are successful in helping me learn.”  Mr McGuire cares about us and how we are learning so he helps the teachers out with how to teach the students. Why did Mr McGuire want to become a principal? He replied with “I like helping students that need extra help.” What does the principal do around the school? What does he like to do? “I like to hang out at all the activities, I like having conversations with students and teachers, I like to be involved in sports events, I think it is fun to hang around at lunch or outside.”  He likes to do fun things but he also has to do things around the school that really don't get recognition. “I do all the day to day business of the school, I have to budget the money, hire the teachers make sure I get good teachers that will help around the school, I have to cover for teachers who are absent and find subs and I have to discipline students and teachers.”  What makes a good principal? Mr McGuire said, “A good principal is someone who cares about the students and shows with their actions and not only words.” We asked Leah Lanier what she will miss about Mr McGuire she replied with, “I will miss his determination for what he does for the school.”

Mr McGuire left us with some final remarks, “Continue to be Allies, continue to stick for each other as Knights.  Eyes open do the work, look forward to high school, do great things and do what you want to do and HAVE FUN!" It is safe to say that Mr McGuire has been a great princiPAL here at SJHS.