Leadership Matters - May 2015

In this month’s issue

Additional Items

Fessler elected to AASA Board; Kelly to serve on Executive Board (IASA News in Brief) P. 22 Getting to know your committee members P. 25

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Calendar of Events P. 26

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Photo Credit: Brian Munoz not only took the photos for the

cover story about Academic Signing Day at Collinsville High School, but he also was one of the scholarship winners and will be attending Eastern Illinois University in the fall. The CHS senior is an award- winning lifestyle and wedding photographer who started his own company, Studio Fiftyone Photography, in 2010 when he was only an eighth-grader. His photos have been published internationally in Petite Magnifique Magazine, ALIVE Magazine and Midwest Bride Magazine. He says his interest in photography blossoms from his mother’s love of photography and that his passion to capture raw emotion and love has only grown since he started Studio

Collinsville earns high marks for Academic Signing Day P. 4

Communication strategies that boost morale P. 8

Fiftyone Photography. His company’s website can be accessed here .

IASA ’Superintendents of Distinction’ honored at Governor’s Mansion P. 11

The dynamics of a changed school board P. 18

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