Mountain View Middle School News
April 29, 2021
The Bremerton School District welcomes Michelle Power as new assistant principal at Mountain View Middle School
Michelle Power has been selected as the new assistant principal at Mountain View Middle School, beginning in the fall of 2021.
We are excited to welcome Mrs. Power to the Mountain View family as our new assistant principal, said Carre Potis, Mountain View Middle School principal. “The team was impressed by Mrs. Power's equity lens, love of middle school students and positive, can-do attitude. She will be an excellent addition to our team.”
Mrs. Power is currently the Dean of Students for the Perry G. Keithley Middle School in Tacoma, where she’s also served as the behavior coach and an English language arts teacher. She’s also taught humanities at Ford Middle School in Tacoma, and served in a number of roles for several schools in Fresno, California.
Mrs. Power’s “why” for working in educational leadership: “I want to help create safe, positive, respectful learning environments where students feel safe to make mistakes, where families feel welcomed and valued as partners in their child's education, and where students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.”
Mrs. Power says she is actively working on confronting her own white privilege and implicit biases, so that she can help make our schools less harmful for students, families, and staff of color. She currently facilitates a district affinity group for white leaders to examine their privilege, the impact of white supremacy, and ways that they can be better allies to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) colleagues, families, and students.
Mrs. Power earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California State University in Fresno, CA and her Master of Arts in Education from National University in San Diego, CA. She earned her administrative credentials at Pacific Lutheran University. She has her National Board Certification in Literacy (Reading-Language Arts-Ages 3-12: Early and Middle Childhood).
In her free time, she enjoys camping, hiking, reading, and hanging out with her family and two dogs.
Mountain View Middle School
Website: https://www.bremertonschools.org/MountainView
Location: 2400 Perry Avenue | Bremerton, WA 98310
Phone: 360-473-0600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MountainViewMSBremerton