Following the ‘passing of the gavel’ at the PA Principals Association’s Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday, Oct.18, 2022, during the LEAD22 Conference at Kalahari Resorts Poconos, Dr. Maureen D. Letcher assumed the presidency of the Pennsylvania Principals Association.

Maureen D. Letcher, D.Ed., Principal of Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School in the Hollidaysburg Area School District, Hollidaysburg, Pa., is the 2022-2024 President of the Pennsylvania Principals Association. The Pennsylvania Principals Association is the only professional organization in Pennsylvania dedicated to the support and well-being of school administrators with a special emphasis on elementary, middle and high school principals. Dr. Letcher has been a member of the association for 22 years.

Dr. Letcher has served in her current role as principal at Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School since 2013, and as assistant principal at Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School from 2009-2013. During her tenure as a principal, she has worked in a small rural school (a 7th to 12th-grade building), in a traditional junior high school (grades 7, 8, 9) and in a senior high school (grades 10, 11, 12). She began her career in education as an English teacher in the Williamsburg Community School District and also served as a dual enrollment English teacher for college speech and freshman composition at Allegheny College/Williamsburg School District.

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