JOHNSTOWN — The new principal of the new Northridge Intermediate School is no stranger to the district. Robin Elliott spent 11 years at Northridge Middle School teaching sixth-grade science and language arts.
Elliott said she is honored to have been chosen for the position and is looking forward to getting to know the fourth- and fifth-graders who will make up the student body.
“I’m very excited to move from the classroom to being principal,” Elliott said. “My main goal is to get to know the kids in here.
“The way I look at it, instead of a classroom of 25, I have a classroom of 240. My goal is to be able to know all their names, definitely before the end of September. I just feel like my classroom has just expanded. Along with students, I have a job to also support staff, community and parents.”
Because sixth-grade in the past was the first time district students from different elementary schools came together, Elliott feels she can help the younger students adjust to a central school building situation.
“When I was teaching sixth grade, I have seen great friendships made with kids who have never been together before, who stay friends all the way through high school. So I feel like I have some experience with that,” she said.
Elliott received a bachelor’s degree from Capital University, earned a master’s from Marygrove College and did administrators coursework at Ashland University.
Elliott and her husband, Chad, live in Alexandria with their two children — Dylan, who is in the first grade, and Tate, who is 21 months old.
