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Rosalinda Hernandez, Ph.D.
Associate Superintendent for High Schools
April 25, 2006
Dear Parents:
We are pleased to announce that after conducting a nationwide search for the principal position at Bowie High School, several candidates were interviewed, and the Board appointed Stephen L. Kane as Principal of Bowie High School at the regular meeting of the AISD Board on Monday, April 24, 2006. The interview committee recommended Mr. Kane because his attributes best matched the qualities/traits that the faculty, students, and the community viewed as important in a candidate.
Stephen Kane began his educational career in 1974 as a teacher in Salida, Colorado. In 1985, Mr. Kane left Colorado and moved to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas where he held various teaching and professional positions in the Weslaco ISD. In 1999 Mr. Kane accepted the principal position at Gregory-Portland High School in the Gregory-Portland ISD. The Corpus Christi ISD hired Mr. Kane in 2004 as principal of Mary Carroll High School.
In addition, Mr. Kane held positions as Staff Development Supervisor for three years and as District Physical Education & Wellness Coordinator for six years. As a staff development supervisor, Mr. Kane conducted workshops modeling the Dupont Leadership Development Training style and Steven Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. In his role as district physical education coordinator, Mr. Kane led the district-wide curriculum writing team in designing, implementing, and evaluating the new curriculum. Mr. Kane also oversaw the District Wellness Program and the Special Olympics Program.
Under his supervision, Gregory-Portland High School received the U.S. Department of Education National Blue Ribbon School award in 2000 and was named by the Texas Education Agency as a Texas Pathfinders Collaborative School in 2003. Newsweek Magazine recognized Carroll High School as one of the Top 1,000 Schools in the Nation in 2005.
Mr. Kane received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 in Physical Education and Industrial Arts from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. In 1999, the University of Texas—Pan American University awarded Mr. Kane a Master of Education in Educational Administration.
It becomes obvious that with such a varied and extensive work and educational background, Mr. Kane possesses the experiences and qualities to serve as principal of Bowie High School. We are excited about Mr. Kane’s appointment to the Bowie principal position and we ask that you welcome him into the Bowie community.
Respectfully,
Rosalinda Hernandez,
Ph.D.
Associate Superintendent for High Schools