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Dan Fields Participates In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Education's
Principal For A Day Program
Principal At Local Architectural Firm Works With Charlotte Public School
CHARLOTTE, NC, April 29, 2010 /Architecture PR News/ -- Lou Jurkowski, CEO at BJAC, pa (www.bjac.com), an architectural firm offering professional services for specialized, complex institutional projects, has announced that Dan Fields, principal at the firm, participated in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Education's inaugural Principal For A Day program. The program is an effort on behalf of Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools to forge connections with local leaders and encourage a deeper understanding and respect for public education. Participants are assigned a host school and take on responsibilities and activities such as: reading morning announcements, reading to classes, visiting classrooms, having lunch in the cafeteria with students and faculty, as well as sitting in on meetings with parents. Fields served as Principal For A Day at the Morgan School for Exceptional Children, hosted by principal Elaine Jones. Principal For A Day took place on Thursday, March 25.
QUOTES:
""I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve as Principal For a Day at the Morgan School," said Fields. "As an architect, the program provided tremendous perspective of day-to-day school operations and unique, hands-on experience within the public school system."
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DETAILS:
- The Principal For A Day (PFAD) program took place on Thursday, March 25. Participants and their host principals met for an orientation from 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. at the Blake Hotel on 555 South McDowell Street in Charlotte. Following the meeting, each PFAD joined his or her host school to participate in activities from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- PFADs are asked to share observations and provide feedback about the program in a debriefing session that took place on Friday, March 26 from 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. at the Blake Hotel.
ABOUT BJAC:
Architectural firm BJAC, pa, offers professional services for specialized, complex institutional projects. The firm provides design expertise to healthcare, K-20 education, research, museum and municipal clients, along with a broad range of in-depth services, including architectural design, pre-design, programming, design, master planning, interior design, construction management, contract administration and design build. Established in 1994 by CEO and Managing Principal Lou Jurkowski, BJAC is one of the largest woman-owned architectural design firms in the Southeast, with offices in Raleigh and Charlotte. For more information, please call BJAC at (919) 833-8818 or visit www.bjac.com.
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