[0:11] Why did you want to be a principal? The

[0:15] principal of Birch Grove Schools for the

[0:18] arts?

[0:19] Great question. I absolutely love the

[0:22] arts. So theater,

[0:25] visual arts, gardening, any way that we

[0:28] can express ourselves artistically, I

[0:30] really believe that helps learning. So

[0:33] the fine arts part is near and dear to

[0:36] my heart and I love that. And the

[0:39] school's like right down the street from

[0:41] my house, so I feel like I get to live

[0:43] in the community that I serve.

[0:47] Have you been a principal before?

[0:49] I have. I was principal at Crestview

[0:52] Elementary and prior to that I was

[0:54] assistant principal at Oakview.

[0:59] What do you like the best about working

[1:03] in a school?

[1:05] Kids,

[1:08] students, scholars. I love children. I

[1:12] think they're the smartest people in the

[1:14] entire building. They know way more than

[1:17] me and they make me laugh. So every day

[1:19] I get to come to school in a work

[1:22] environment that is joyous and just

[1:25] seeing all like the brain and everything

[1:28] just grow grow grow and I really feel

[1:30] like I'm contributing to the world when

[1:32] I do that.

[1:34] What do you like to do when you're not

[1:36] at work?

[1:36] M I love to garden. I am a huge gardener

[1:41] and so getting my hands in the soil. I

[1:43] have house plants, outside plants. I'm

[1:46] going to bring a lot of plants here. I

[1:48] want to start a gardening club cuz

[1:50] that's art, too. And that's the way I

[1:52] express myself artistically. Um, and I

[1:55] love to spend time with my

[1:56] grandchildren.

[1:57] What's a fun fact about you?

[2:01] Uh,

[2:02] well,

[2:04] I have never been camping.

[2:08] I've never slept in a tent. I've never

[2:11] like went out and stayed overnight

[2:14] outside. What's your favorite school

[2:17] lunch?

[2:18] I love school lunch. I eat it every day.

[2:20] I eat school breakfast, too. But I

[2:22] really like the um chicken alfredo with

[2:25] the garlic bread and when they serve it

[2:27] with either the green beans or the

[2:29] broccoli.

[2:31] Anything else you'd like to share with

[2:34] us? Um, I'm so excited to be here and

[2:37] get started and like now I already have

[2:40] got a chance to meet you and I can't

[2:43] wait to meet all the students and the

[2:44] teachers and the staff and it's going to

[2:46] be an amazing school year.

[2:50] Thank you for coming. My My name is

[2:53] Aena.

[2:54] My name is

[2:56] Thank you for interviewing me.

[2:58] You're welcome.

[3:00] You're welcome.