Wilkes-barre Rec Dept Holds Tennis Camp

Aldo Russo 
Aug. 9, 1996 
Aldo Russo, 88, Of New Hancock Street, Wilkes-barre, And Formerly Of Scott 
Street, Parsons, Wilkes-barre, Died Friday At Home.

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New high school principal must be true leader &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Hazleton Area School Board says it has been searching for a leader who
has the ``right stuff'' to be high school principalThat "stuff" is called
character -- the greatest single indicator of one's performance as a person,
as a parent, as a teacher, as a principal. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been
squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The best principal has
prepared for the job all his or her life. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Some feel only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how
to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the many
functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship,
compassion and empathy. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 You can buy a person's time; you can buy his physical presence in a given
place; you can even buy a measured number of his skilled muscular motions per
hour. But you cannot buy enthusiasm. You cannot buy initiative. You cannot buy
the devotion of heart, mind and soul. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A good principal earns devotion from teachers. True leadership liberates
teachers to reach the fullness of their potential as individuals and as a
faculty. We trust people who have character and work successfully with them. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and
unreliable. Most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that makes a
school great comes from those closest to the work. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The purpose of an organization is to enable common people to do uncommon
things, to help ordinary human beings perform better than they seem capable of
performing, to use individual strengths to help the group perform as a whole. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A principal must, with a vision of the big picture, rise above petty
politics and personal prejudice to become part of something greater than self. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "Principal" means the principal teacher of the community. The principal
must be willing and able to communicate the ideals of the institution in a way
that liberates people from the confinements of their own ignorance, doubts and
confusions. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 One can command all day without being a leader for a second. The narrow
minded view and mechanical thinking of most rule enforcers are handicaps when
it comes to building a professional team. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The power and the money and the glory attracts all kinds of characters. For
30 years and over, I watched them come and go -- a Halloween parade of
wannabes claiming they had "the right stuff." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 I often wonder. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Why do teachers dedicated to the classroom leave the classroom to be
administrators? What kind of character is attracted to a vice-principal's job
that entails mostly discipline , of students and teachers? Why do so many
officers of the Hazleton Area Education Association, who were elected by
classroom teachers to negotiate in the interest of teachers, wind up as
administrators? In just recent years, there are more than I can count on one
hand. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 At a time when the intellectual and moral prestige of the school district
is at an all-time low, Hazleton needs professionals who can restore the
authority of the institution. And by authority, I do not mean power. True
authority taps a richer vein of human experience. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Woitko is a long-time teacher in the Hazleton Area School District. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

New High School Principal Must Be True Leader 
The Hazleton Area School Board Says It Has Been Searching For A Leader Who Has 
The ``right Stuff'' To Be High School Principal.

New High School Principal Must Be True Leader The Hazleton Area School Board Says It Has Been Searching For A Leader Who Has The ``right Stuff'' To Be High School Principal.