Lourdes Lambert was principal at East End Accelerated Community School in Dayton.
KETTERING — On Thursday, Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis Schnurr named Lourdes Lambert principal of Alter High School.
Lambert had served as interim principal of the Catholic high school in Kettering since the beginning of the school year, and will assume the full principal position in the 2012-13 school year. The school draws students from throughout the Dayton area, predominantly in south suburbs.
“Mrs. Lambert is a woman of tremendous positive energy, enthusiasm and vision,” Schnurr said. “In her few months as interim principal, Mrs. Lambert has impressed the Alter community with her strong leadership ability and inspiring faith.”
Lambert initially was hired as assistant principal at Alter in the spring to fill the position of Matt Sableski, who left Alter at the end of the 2010-11 school year for his alma mater, Carroll High School.
Shortly after that, Alter Principal Nicole Brainard was hired by Cincinnati’s McAuley High School, where she went to school. She had been at Alter for four years.
Lambert, a native of Florida, served as principal in the King William County Public Schools in Virginia and at the East End Accelerated Community School in Dayton.
She also worked as an independent contractor for the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and Keys to Improving Dayton Schools.
Lambert, who began her career teaching Spanish and English as a second language, earned her bachelor’s degree in English education from Florida International University and her master’s degree in education from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also is a doctoral candidate in educational leadership.
Lambert said she is excited to know she will continue as principal at Alter.
“The students, the faculty, the staff, the families and the community are simply amazing,” she said.
The Rev. Jim Manning, Alter president, said Lambert has done an extraordinary job since she came to the school.
“We are so blessed to have such a talented and faith-filled leader as our principal,” Manning said.
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