New Principal Interviewed by Tech Club

Article by Gracie Mancia, photos by Courtney Graham, Anh Nguyen, Paris McManus, Scott Webb, Lanette Michalik

Today, I Gracie Mancia had the wonderful task of interviewing our principal Mr. Hammond. In the interview we found a lot of interesting facts and the Tech Club had many questions. One member from the Tech Club asked, “Were you a principal before you came here? 

          To this Mr. Hammond responded, “Yes, as a matter of fact I was.” 

          “Where,” she asked. 

          “I was a principal back in a school in Missouri. The school was called Shell Knob and it was Kindergarten through 8^th and it consisted of about 200 students,” he said. 

          Once we started talking about him being principal I asked, “Why did you become principal here at St. Pius?” 

          He replied, “Well I think it was God’s providence because I was on an Alaskan cruise and I met Father Crucera who used to do the daily masses here at St. Pius and he found out I was looking for a job so he told me to apply here at St. Pius.” 

          From these questions I knew a lot about Mr. Hammond but I knew I could find out more and I did so here it is: 

Name: Chuck Hammond
Born in: St. Louis, Missouri
Born on: August 12, 1950
Current Age: 56
Married: Yes
To Whom: Brenda
Number Of Kids: 2 Girls
1^st Daughter: Angie, 29
2^nd Daughter: Kisha, 30
Grandchildren: 2 Boys
1^st Grandson: J.D. (Angie’s Son)
2^nd Grandson: Tyler (Kisha’s Son)

Photo by Paris McManus