Riverview gets new principal

By Ken Johnston
Editor

Riverview Elementary School has a new principal this year but she brings several years of experience to the school from Emo.
Lucinda Meyers of Emo spent 21 years at Donald Young School in Emo, teaching for 16 of them and as principal for six years. As the system goes she said she was bumped from Donald Young to Riverview, but she does not regret it.
“I love it here. The kids and the staff have been great!,” said Meyers last week.
Meyers prides herself on being a hands-on type of principal. “I like keeping connected with the kids and try to spend as much time as I can in the classroom, in the hallways or on the playground with them.”
Staff member Mike McInerney confirmed that last Wednesday in a separate interview saying, “I saw her out there playing basketball with one of the students this morning. It is great to see!”
Meyers said it was hard to give up teaching and for that reason she finds herself compelled to maintain a steady level of contact with the kids and staff.
While she commutes from Emo every day, she said that she still wants to be part of the community here. She recently volunteered at the tent during the Rainy River Walleye Tournament. “My husband and I believe in being part of the community where we work and live.”
Lucinda has two teenagers that are in Fort Frances High School and her husband is in the construction business.
She was originally from Prince Edward Island and moved to the area in 1986 and taught at Sturgeon Creek School in Barwick. Not long after the move she met her husband and settled in Emo.
One of the main things she has been also working on at Riverview is insuring it is a clean and inviting place for the students, staff and the public. “I met with the custodial staff and we worked out a list of things that needed to be done and they have done a wonderful job.”
Meyers was a key player in implementing the Balance Day at district elementary schools. “We were the first school to try it at Donald Young and now it is across the system.”
She is an avid curler, volunteers with youth hockey and other community events including the Emo Walleye tournament.
When she is not working or volunteering her family has a cabin on Clearwater Lake and spend as much time there as they can.
She wants parents to know she has an open door policy and that they can come in and talk any time.
While she is also the new principal for McCrossen-Tovell School in Bergland, her vice-principal, Anne Caradice has assumed the majority of the duties there.