Regional Principals of the Year From Redan High, Murphey Candler Elementary

Principals Greg Goodwin of Redan High School in Stone Mountain and Yolanda Turner of Murphey Candler Elementary in Lithonia were among five regional principals of the year announced Monday by the DeKalb County School District.

A district-wide winner will be announced on May 17 during a ceremony at Lakeside High.

The other winning principals are:

• Terry Segovis, DeKalb International Student Center and DeKalb Online Academy
•  James Jackson, Tucker High
•  Stephanie Amey, Columbia High

The DCSD included this information about Goodwin and Turner in its announcement:

Goodwin began his career as a teacher at Miller Grove Middle 27 years ago. In addition to his experiences as a teacher and assistant principal, Goodwin also served as Redan's head baseball coach and in 2000, was the first African American and youngest coach to be inducted into the Georgia Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2012, he received the “Horace Tate Leadership Award” by the Emory University Educational Studies Department. Under Goodwin's leadership, Redan High has been recognized three times out of
the last six years by the “U.S. News and World Report” as one of the
top public high schools in the nation.

Turner uses an abundance of enthusiasm to lead her team at Murphey Candler Elementary. Under her direction, student performance on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests has grown each year, and the Mustangs have placed in the Academic Bowl, Science Olympiad, Social Studies Fair, Black History Bowl and Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl.

See also:

Stone Mountain and Lithonia Teachers of the Year