<p>From the Principal’s Pen </p><p> nthusiastically, I welcome every student, parent/guardian, and our community to G. Gardner Shugart Middle School. EThe start of this year has been most beneficial, as students are learning to think analytically and critically about text and the world around them. I am so proud of our students and their efforts to conform to a new culture and new expectations. My vision for G. Gardner Shugart Middle School is for our school to become a school of excellence and continues to be a lighthouse school for America’s Choice, one of our county’s initiatives to help increase students’ test scores and to improve student achievement holistically. </p><p>I have been involved in public education for approximately 15 years. My career started off as a substitute teacher, and I have worked faithfully to obtain the position of principal. Although this is my first year as principal of G. Gardner Shugart Middle School, I have been an elementary principal and teacher, middle and junior high school teacher, and a high school assistant principal. I am an instructional leader, a writer, an educational consultant, and now a published author . I was also that student who did not always make all A’s, but I was always determined and worked hard to achieve the goals that I set for myself.</p><p>It is my firm belief that the students of G. Gardner Shugart Middle School can and will achieve greatness. When our children reach the point of high school graduation, I want them to select the school and/or career of their choice and not have the school and/or career to select them based on their abilities and skills. In such a short time, I have grown to genuinely love and adore our students.</p><p>The school’s motto is Every Student, Every Class, Every Day. As a professional, it is what I also firmly believe. I want to work diligently to make our school a place that the students, the parents, and the community will be proud to call “their school.” </p><p>I am challenging every parent or guardian to take an ACTIVE part in his or her child’s education. Together we make the impossible seem possible; together, I want to ensure that our children succeed at the optimum level.</p><p>Welcome to GGSMS – Home of the Mustangs! Welcome to success!</p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Dr. Michael Robinson Principal</p>