A Message from Our Principal, Dr. Pat Horn

My mom loves to tell the story of my earliest attempts at being a teacher. I so enjoyed school, that when I'd come home each day I would line up my dolls and teach them to read, to sing, and to play the piano. As a teenager, I continued teaching as a swimming instructor for both children and adults, and my piano teacher asked me to help with teaching beginning pupils. My career as an educator for the Flagstaff Unified School District began in 1975 when I was hired to teach the first Eighth Grade class at Leupp School. I later transferred to Sechrist School where I taught Sixth Grade.

I never aspired to become an administrator. Learning was so much fun for me that I continued to take courses at Northern Arizona University. One of my professors encouraged me to enroll in the Doctoral program, where I earned administrative certification while completing my Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction. The next thing I knew, my principal drafted me to become his Assistant Principal...and I found out that I loved being a school administrator!

Since that time, I've been principal at Christensen School (9 years) and DeMiguel School (5 years). After a brief detour to become Director at a local charter school, I am thrilled to be back in FUSD as Principal at Cromer School. What an incredibly lucky person I am to be able to work with such a dedicated, talented and caring faculty and staff! Cromer School is, indeed, Flagstaff's best kept secret.

The Cromer School community is a wonderful mix of parents, grandparents and guardians, students, faculty and staff. We work together to help students do their very best. We believe that every child can learn and succeed-academically, socially and emotionally. We are very fortunate to have a beautiful facility in which to accomplish our job! If you would like to learn more about our terrific school, please give me a call at 773-4151. I'd be happy to set up a tour for you to see our amazing school in action.