08/09/2010 - At its July 27th, 2010 meeting, the Colonial Heights School Board approved Mrs. Kristin Janssen as the new Principal at Colonial Heights High School. For the past four years, Mrs. Janssen, has been the assistant principal of Colonial Heights High School in Colonial Heights, Virginia. She also served as the high school's Career and Technical Education administrator for two of those years. Prior to that, she was the gifted coordinator for the high school and was an English teacher at Colonial Heights High School for ten years.

She earned her B.A. degree in English and Secondary Education at Longwood University, her M.Ed. in Reading from Virginia Commonwealth University, and additional endorsements in Administration and Supervision from Virginia Commonwealth University and Gifted Education from Hampton University. During her teaching tenure, she was awarded both the high school and the city's Teacher of the Year" award. In addition, she was selected as the Colonial Heights Jaycees "Outstanding Young Educator award."

Mrs. Janssen has had many outstanding role models and influences in her life. Most notably is Mr. E. Lloyd Pugh, a former Colonial Heights Public School administrator and assistant superintendent. Mr. Pugh served as Mrs. Janssen's Longwood University supervisor when she was completing both her practicum and student teaching experiences at Colonial Heights High School. "Mr. Pugh is a true educational leader. He inspired me to begin my career at Colonial Heights High School and I have loved it so much that I have remained here in a variety of capacities for the past sixteen years. Colonial Heights Public Schools is an extraordinary school division and community. I feel blessed to be given the opportunity
to build on the accomplishments of my predecessors and I look forward to serving the
entire Colonial Heights High School community well into the future."