Macy Young ('23) has been selected to receive the 2023 MPA Principal's Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals' Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior's academic achievement and citizenship.
Macy has been an assistant ballet teacher, and a member of the Maine Department of Education Student Cabinet advocating for better mental health resources in Maine’s public schools. She has locally been involved as a member of the York School Climate and Culture Committee working to make York School Department a more inclusive environment, a volunteer for the Kittery Land Trust Nooney Farm Giving Garden, and a communications committee member for the York Ready for Climate Action working to educate the public about climate change in engaging ways.
Macy, Co-Principal Suttie, and other award winners and their principals attended an Honors Luncheon at Jeff’s Catering Center in Bangor on Saturday, April 1st at 12:30 p.m. Amy Vachon, University of Maine Head Women's Basketball Coach, was the keynote speaker who spoke about the many different paths to success.
The Honors Luncheon recognizes these outstanding students with the presentation of an individual plaque and the awarding of ten $1,000 scholarships in the names of former Maine principals and MPA Executive Directors: Horace O. McGowan, Richard W. Tyler, and Richard A. Durost. We are proud to announce that Macy won a $1,000 Horace O. McGowan scholarship!
The Principal's Award is presented in more than 100 Maine public and private high schools by member principals of the MPA, the professional association which represents Maine's school administrators.
