Officials Appoint New Principal for Community Park School

The Princeton Regional Board of Education has named
 Dineen Gruchacz 
as the new principal of Community Park School effective Sept. 1.

Gruchacz is currently principal at Liberty Elementary School in Great
 Meadows Regional School District. She was previously a member of the English department and a literacy coach in the Princeton Schools. 

Gruchacz will follow Sharon
Goldman, who will retire on August 31 after serving as Community Park’s principal for the past decade.

Princeton Supterintendent
 Judy Wilson said the search for a new principal was a collaborative effort between faculty, parents and district leaders.

Wilson described Gruchacz 
as talented, energetic, student-centered and community-minded.

“I believe 
that 
Mrs. 
Gruchacz
 has just the right combination of professional and personal qualifications to lead Community Park’s talented faculty, wonderful students and engaged parents 
in 
a 
time 
of 
high
 expectations and great possibilities as we collectively tackle the challenges ahead,” Wilson said.

"I have great confidence
 that
 Mrs.
 Gruchacz
 will 
be 
a 
stellar principal who
 will
 serve our community with extraordinary devotion and care in the years to come. The results will speak for themselves as the months and years ahead unfold!"   

Gruchacz was appointed at the July 7 Board of Education meeting. She said she is looking forward to her new position.

“We will nurture a student-centered, exciting learning environment that focuses
 on
 high levels of achievement for all students,” Gruchacz said. "My goal is to promote enthusiasm
 for
 21st 
century
learning in a safe and happy place that educates the whole child."