{"id":10820,"date":"2016-04-14T08:33:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=10820"},"modified":"2016-04-20T07:52:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T12:52:46","slug":"diving-into-the-poole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/diving-into-the-poole\/","title":{"rendered":"Diving into the Poole"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10822\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/thumbnail_img_8024\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10822\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10822\" src=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_8024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jefferson Middle School Principal Steve Poole prepares for taking on the leadership at DHS as the new principal for 2016-17 school year.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_8024-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_8024-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/thumbnail_IMG_8024.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jefferson Middle School Principal Steve Poole prepares for taking on the leadership at DHS as the new principal for 2016-17 school year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As of the 2016-\u00ad2017 school year there will be more than one Poole here at DHS. Steve Poole has been chosen to take the place of Pam Kastl next year as principal, and it\u00a0seemed to be a good idea to learn more about him for those who don\u2019t know about\u00a0his background and plans for DHS.\u00a0Poole is an East Jordan native and went to their high school, East Jordan High\u00a0School. There he was extremely involved, for he was student council president his senior\u00a0year, a member of NHS, SADD, and participated in two plays all while playing varsity baseball for all four years, being on varsity football for three years, and varsity basketball for his junior and senior years.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating as valedictorian, Poole attended the University of Michigan in Ann\u00a0Arbor majoring in Engineering. His time at U of M did not last long\u037e he said that he did\u00a0not enjoy the experience. He transferred to CMU and received his Bachelor of Science\u00a0in Social Science and History for teaching in 1996. In 2000, Poole gained a Master\u2019s\u00a0Degree in Principalship from CMU and in 2015 a Doctor in Education degree, also from\u00a0CMU.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had always wanted to be an educator,&#8221;\u00a0Poole said. &#8220;I was talked out of it by some of my high\u00a0school teachers because they thought I should be an engineer because of my math and\u00a0science scores.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Poole enjoys spending time with his wife,\u00a0Tracey, and two children, Madison, who is soon to be 11, and Jackson, who is almost 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love\u00a0attending Great Lakes Loons games with my family,&#8221; Poole said. &#8220;We have had half \u00adseason tickets for\u00a0all ten years. My daughter, Madison, and I take a walk around the stadium after the third\u00a0inning of every game we are there. We enjoy going to the movies as well. My wife and I\u00a0try to see 2-\u00ad3 music concerts a year and we never miss Jimmy Buffett when he is in\u00a0Michigan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poole knows that some people think his size is a bit intimidating, so he tries\u00a0to tone it down by being humorous around the students. By doing this, he makes himself\u00a0more approachable and makes sure the students know that they can come to him with any\u00a0concerns without being scared or nervous. He makes eye contact and gives his undivided attention when he is having a conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think my impact will be my visibility and accessibility with students and staff,&#8221; Poole said. &#8220;I\u00a0will always have an open door policy for anyone.\u201d He believes that will help DHS become an even better school.<\/p>\n<p>Poole\u00a0has been at Jefferson for three years. He is going to miss being at Jefferson but is looking forward to what Dow High has to offer. \u00a0\u201cThere is a trust and loyalty among people when you work together for\u00a0some time,&#8221; Poole said. &#8220;The teachers are great, the office staff is great, the paraprofessionals are\u00a0great, the students are great. Yet, I know that the students will soon be at Dow High\u00a0School soon as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Poole is going to miss the people at Jefferson the most. \u201cThere are some teachers here that I\u2019ve worked with for six years because\u00a0they were also at Central and then they came with me when Central closed,&#8221; Poole said. &#8220;I\u2019ll miss\u00a0those people and I\u2019ll miss even the people that I\u2019ve come to meet in the last three\u00a0years, I\u2019ve got to know them pretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When a situation like this occurs where a school is going\u00a0to receive a new principal, several students cling to the idea that they are going to\u00a0modify the school&#8217;s routine. Many times people\u00a0are afraid, unsure and worried when it comes change. \u201cI would like to think common sense\u00a0would tell you that you don\u2019t have to fix what\u2019s not broken,\u201d Poole said. He wants to get to\u00a0know all the students and staff members before he jumps in and tries to enforce\u00a0change, it doesn&#8217;t seem logical to him to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Poole is the average 6\u20195 guy who has good intentions and a smile\u00a0walking into DHS.<\/p>\n<p>By: Hadley Morden and Logan Rivard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of the 2016-\u00ad2017 school year there will be more than one Poole here at DHS. Steve Poole has been chosen to take the place of Pam Kastl next year as principal, and it\u00a0seemed to be a good idea to learn more about him for those who don\u2019t know about\u00a0his background and plans for DHS.\u00a0Poole [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1296,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diving into the Poole - UPDATE ONLINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/diving-into-the-poole\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diving into the Poole - UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As of the 2016-\u00ad2017 school year there will be more than one Poole here at DHS. 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