EAWR principal honored for work
Dylan Suttles, dylan.suttles@thetelegraph.com
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WOOD RIVER Leigh Robinson, principal of East Alton-Wood River High School, has been named the Southwest Division Secondary Principal of the Year for the Illinois Principals Association.
“Initially I was shocked because I didn’t know I was nominated for the award,” Robinson said. “After the shock I was very thankful.”
Robinson is a 1995 graduate of Eastern Illinois University who received her master’s degree in Educational Administration from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2001. While earning her master’s degree, she started at EAWR as a business education teacher, a position she held from 1995 to 2003. She then served as EAWR Assistant Principal from 2003 to 2009, becoming principal in 2009.