SK: Passion, Purpose and Impacting Future Leaders

Ms. Michelle Cooney, Principal, and Mr. Larry Joynt, Assistant Principal, of The Skokie School provide a glimpse into what led them into their leadership roles. These cumulative experiences include reflections on Ms. Cooney playing detective as a rising 5th grader and leaking all of the class lists over the summer and Mr. Joynt procrastinating a book report and being assigned “Pride and Prejudice” as a consequence. Ms. Cooney shares that one of the joys of serving in education is “Recognizing the value of connection and inspiring someone to live out their true potential…it makes everyone in the community stronger.” “We want to do the best we can for kids because we know they are impacting the future,” echoes Mr. Joynt.