The Peru School Board
Sept. 8 hired a new principal
and assistant principal for
Peru Junior High School.
Sheri Spiker, who for-
merly served as the school’s
assistant principal and ath-
letic director for two years,
was appointed to take over
as principal after the posi-
tion was vacated by Sam
Watkins, who was hired as
superintendent last month.
“I’m very excited,” Watkins
said Sept 10. “We have a
good system in place at the
junior high, both in academ-
ics and athletics. With Mrs.
Spiker, we’ll be able to con-
tinue that high achievement.
She’s really going to en-
hance our programs.”
Brady McClure, a former
math teacher and basketball
coach at Wabash Middle
School, was hired as the new
assistant principal and ath-
letic director, which will be
the first time he’s worked in
an administrative position.
“We’ve stolen him from
Wabash County, and we’re
glad we did,” Watkins said
with a laugh. “They’re going
to miss him. He’s a very
good fit for Peru Junior
High.”
Watkins said both Spiker
and McClure have a record
of helping students thrive
and succeed, and the junior
high will be well served by
them.
“We feel that these candi-
dates are great selections,”
he said. “When you look for
administrators, you want
someone that’s all about ser-
vice to the community and
service to students. These
two do just that. They fit
perfectly with our school
philosophy.”
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Carson Gerber
can be
reached at 765-454-6739, by
email at carson.gerber@
kokomotribune.com or on Twitter
@carsongerber1.
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Week of September 17, 2014
MC WEEKLY
Trail of Courage
Living History Festival
Sept. 20-21, 2014
Open Sat. 10-6 p.m. • Sun. 10-4
p.m.
Food
•
Frontier Music
•
Indian dances
•
Traders
Admissions: $7.00 Adults, $3.00 Kids 6-11, 5 & under free
Fulton County Historical Society
574-223-4436
Produced in cooperation with the Fulton County Tourism Commission
and Indiana Arts Commission.
Fun for the whole family!!
4 miles north of Rochester, Ind. on US 31 & Tippecanoe River.
No dogs or animals allowed except to assist handicapped
and pre-approved program animals.
Submitted photo
STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER:
Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Joe
Christensen, a native of Peru, prepares to hoist the holiday national ensign for morning
colors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan’s First Class
Petty Officer’s Association led the command in a special morning colors and
ceremony in remembrance of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack 13 years ago. Ronald
Reagan is homeported in San Diego while undergoing a Planned Incremental
Availability (PIA) maintenance period at Naval Base Coronado.
New principal hired for Peru Junior High
CARSON GERBER
MC WEEKLY
