Awards &
Recognition
Each year, in November, the Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals names its district principals of the year and the Alabama Association of Elementary School Administrators names district nominees for Alabama’s National Distinguished Principal.
Middle School Principal of the Year Each district’s selection was considered before the finalists for the Middle School Principal of the Year award were chosen. The district principals of the year were recognized at an awards ceremony at the AASSP/AAMSP Fall Conference on November 9, 2021. The district principals of the year are: District 1 District 2
Robbie Smith Perry Dillard
Orange Beach Middle School South Dale Middle School
Baldwin County Dale County
District 3 Cicely Curtis (finalist)
R.B. Hudson STEAM Academy
Selma City
District 4
Holtville Middle School
Elmore County
District 5 Larry Haynes (finalist)
Oak Mountain Middle School
Shelby County
District 6 Lori Carlisle District 7N Kevin Wieseman District 7S Lisa Wright
Wadley High School Florence Middle School South Lamar School
Randolph County Florence City Lamar County
District 8 April McCutcheon (finalist)
Buckhorn Middle School
Madison County
Lee Jackson
The Alabama Middle School Principal of the Year Award is sponsored by the Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals and Horace Mann. AASSP is grateful to Horace Mann for their support and recognition of outstanding Alabama public school administrators.
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