The Plymouth School Board approved the appointment of Ryan Welch as assistant principal at Riverside Intermediate School. The approval as finalized during the Board meeting on May 3.
Currently, Amy Gerard has been serving as the assistant principal. She transferred to Riverside after Jeff Brooke resigned mid-year to accept another position.
Welch has been a fifth grade teacher at Riverside since 2013. During the 2012-2013 school year, he was a fourth grade teacher at Wes-Del Elementary in Gaston, IN.
Welch serves as the Chess Club coordinator currently. Previously he was a sixth grade basketball coach and fifth/sixth grade Spell Bowl Coach.
He assisted in Riverside’s Self-Assessment for the 2015-2016 School Improvement Plan. From October, 2014 to May 2016 , Welch has helped the 5th grade English/Language team to create flight plans and curriculum maps that analyzed standards from the IDOE (Indiana Department of Education)
Carol Anders Correspondent
