{"id":8,"date":"2023-05-08T15:40:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T15:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusd.dev.apppresser.com\/parkmont\/principal-introduction\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T16:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T23:05:41","slug":"principal-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/about\/welcome\/principal-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/07\/walt-lewis.jpg\" alt=\"Walter Lewis\" width=\"250\" \/>Dear Parkmont Students and Families,\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<p>Some information about me. \u00a0I started my career as a teacher at the elementary level.\u00a0\u00a0 I received my undergraduate degree from CSU, Chico, and my teaching credential from CSU, East Bay. \u00a0My master&#8217;s degree in educational leadership is from UNC, Chapel Hill.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been an administrator for a total of 21 years in the Elementary School, Middle School, and District Office levels and now have over twenty-six years in education. \u00a0I am extremely grateful to be doing a job I really love.\u00a0 My favorite thing to do on campus is to spend time in classrooms watching students learn, and getting to know the students, staff, and parents.<\/p>\r\n<p>On a personal note, I&#8217;m an avid cyclist. \u00a0I also enjoy hiking with my dog through all of the natural areas in California.\u00a0 Although I&#8217;m a California native, early in my career, my family and I moved to North Carolina. \u00a0After 11 years in NC, we moved back to California and we have lived in the Bay Area since 2007.\u00a0 My favorite sport to watch is college basketball, and I&#8217;m an avid UNC, Chapel Hill fan (my alma mater). \u00a0Go Heels!<\/p>\r\n<p>Your involvement as parents and guardians and as a vital member of your child&#8217;s educational team is essential. \u00a0I encourage parents and guardians to get involved through the PTSA and by taking advantage of the many volunteer opportunities. \u00a0I encourage you to keep the lines of communication open with teachers, staff members, and administrators.\u00a0 If you have a question, concern, or compliment, please let me know.<\/p>\r\n<p>I would like to thank each of you for entrusting your best and brightest to us each and every day. \u00a0I look forward to a great \u00a0school year.\u00a0 We will have an exciting and successful year.\u00a0 We are so glad you are here.<\/p>\r\nSincerely,<br \/>Walter Lewis,<br \/><em>Principal<\/em>, Parkmont Elementary School ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parkmont Students and Families,\u00a0 Some information about me. \u00a0I started my career as a teacher at the elementary level.\u00a0\u00a0 I received my undergraduate degree from CSU, Chico, and my teaching credential from CSU, East Bay. \u00a0My master&#8217;s degree in educational leadership is from UNC, Chapel Hill.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been an administrator for a total of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190890,"parent":4,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_left_column_singular.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 03:52:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/parkmont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}