Fischler College Alumna Named Middle School Principal

The Fort Mill School District in South Carolina recently announced that Nova Southeastern University alumna Emily McQuay will take over as principal of Fort Mill Middle School. McQuay is now the director of Fort Mill Virtual Academy, the district’s online learning option that grew out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before her promotion, McQuay received a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education from Clemson University, a master’s degree in Library and Information from the University of South Carolina, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice at NSU.

McQuay began her education career as an eighth-grade social studies teacher and was a media specialist at the elementary and middle school levels. She then served as an assistant principal at Rock Hill and Nation Ford High Schools before being a part of Catawba Ridge High School’s inaugural school year in which she was also an assistant principal. During her time as an administrator, she was a part of being awarded more than a $1 million in grant funds and was published four times in education journals.

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