Templeton Teacher Takes Principal Post in Greenfield

Templeton Middle School teacher, Steven Newcomer, will leave Sussex and head to Greenfield to take a job as principal of an elementary school in Greenfield. 

Newcomer was named principal of Glenwood Elementary School, and he will replace Dan Carr, who is retiring June 30.

Newcomer has been a teacher for 17 years, and has been at Templeton since 2001, where he currently teaches sixth-grade math and literacy and led professional development programs for educators and revised the math department’s common assessments to better meet student needs.

He also introduced the school’s curriculum to new parents during orientations and piloted the Positive Behavior Interventions and Support programs, among many other accomplishments.

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Prior to teaching in Sussex, Newcomer taught at an elementary school in Stevens Point. He also brings more than a decade of high school boys basketball coaching experience. He coached Stevens Point Pacelli to its first state tournament in more than 20 years and was the varsity assistant coach at Hamilton High School while he taught in Sussex.