AApril 12 1979
The Index, Hermitage, Missouri, Thursday, April 12, 1979
Hermitage School Employs Principal
The Hermitage Board of Education has employed a principal to serve all grades K-12 for the 1979-80 school year. Dr. Donald L. Payne, the present principal will become superintendent of the Hermitage R-IV District on July 1, 1979.
The newly employed principal is Ibraham Bahgat. Mr. Bahgat is presently principal of grades K-12 at Chilhowee. He will assume his duties at Hermitage R-IV on August 1.
Mr. Bahgat attended high school in Houston, Texas. He received both the B. A. and M. A. Degree from Texas Southern University in Houston. He has done further graduate work at the University of Missouri Campus in Kansas City, and at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville.
Mr. Bahgat taught in the Kansas City Public School System for three years, but has taught and been in administration work in rural Missouri schools for the past eight years. He prefers working in the smaller rural community where the atmosphere is more conducive to education and growth, both academic and spiritual. Also, Mr. Bahgat believes this enables the faculty, students, and community to know each other well and will foster a spirit of cooperation that will enable them to reach common goals and better prepare to meet and cope with life situations.
Mr. Bahgat's hobbies include traveling and sports. He is a master of both judo and karate and he has qualified for the final national tournaments in both sports for the last seven years. Mr. Bahgat says he is looking forward to many new friends and having a wonderful experience in Hermitage.
September 13 1979
The Index, Hermitage, Missouri, Thursday, September 13, 1979
New Teachers
New teachers at the Hermitage School this year include (l-r) Ibrahim Bahgat, principal; Peggy Walker, home economics; Barbara Ballew, librarian; Kenneth Branson, grades 5-6; Claude Martin, industrial arts and driver's training; Dale Felder, speech therapist, Vicki Ellison, English; speech and drama; and Eleanor Sample, first grade (not pictured).
