2022-2023 New Principals

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The school year has begun, and 11 schools are starting the year with new principals.

Dr. Krystal Auguste — Principal of Spence Elementary
Luz del Carmen de Anda — Aldine High School
Andrew DeWalt — Principal of Drew Academy
Stephen Heady — Principal of Avalos P-TECH School
Artisha Holmes — Principal of Dunn Elementary
Sheree Johnson — Principal at Griggs Primary
Jonathan Kegler — Principal of IMPACT Leadership Academy
Dale Prioleau — Principal of the Knippel Education Center (KEC) and Lane School
Phoebe Pruitt — Principal of García Middle School
Gerald Schattle — Principal of Teague Middle School
Walter Stewart — Principal of Nimitz High School

Dr. Krystal Auguste

Auguste has more than 10 years of experience in education. She began her career as a first and fourth-grade language arts teacher at Raymond Academy. Auguste took on leadership roles as an academic, assessment, and data specialist and instructional coach. In 2016, she was named assistant principal at Magrill Elementary School. She joined Jones ES in 2018 in the same capacity, a position she held until her current assignment.

Auguste holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix. She received her master’s degree in educational leadership and her educational doctorate in ethical leadership in social justice from the University of St. Thomas.

Luz del Carmen ‘Lulu’ DeAnda

DeAnda has 25 years of experience in education. She began her career in 1997 as a kindergarten teacher at Ochoa Elementary in Donna ISD before joining Campbell Elementary School as a PreK and kindergarten teacher in Austin ISD in 1998. Moving to Houston in 2002, DeAnda joined Houston ISD as a PreK and fifth-grade teacher at Mitchell Elementary Elementary School. Two years later, DeAnda joined Pearland ISD as a fourth-grade bilingual and Spanish teacher before being named assistant principal of Sánchez Elementary School (HISD) in 2007. Two years later, she joined Pershing MS (HISD) as an assistant principal. In 2010, she served as an assistant principal at Lee (Wisdom) High School (HISD). DeAnda joined Fort Bend ISD in 2013 as principal of Quail Valley Elementary School before serving as AP at Key Middle School in HISD in 2016. HISD named her principal of Sylvan Rodríguez Elementary in 2018, a position she held until joining Aldine ISD.

DeAnda received her bachelor’s in business administration from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, a post-baccalaureate studies and Texas Certificate in Elementary Education from the University of Texas-El Paso, and a master’s in educational management from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. She also holds a Texas Principal Certification.

Andrew J. DeWalt

DeWalt has 15 years of experience in education. He began his career in 2013 as a teacher at Hartman & Mickey Leland College Prep in HISD. DeWalt was named assistant principal of Meyerland School for the Performing and Visual Arts in 2014. He joined Hays Consolidated ISD in 2016 as the freshman center principal at Lehman HS. DeWalt moved in 2018 to join Del Valle ISD as an associate principal and interim principal at Del Valle HS and Ojeda Middle School. In 2019, he joined Round Rock ISD to serve as principal of Pearson Ranch MS, a position he held until joining Aldine ISD.

DeWalt received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Prairie View A&M University and a master’s degree in educational administration from Texas Southern University.

Stephen Heady

Heady has 29 years of experience in Aldine ISD as a science teacher, department chair, skills specialist, and assistant principal. He began his career in Aldine ISD as a secondary science teacher in 1993 at Aldine HS. He also served as science department chair and skills specialist. In 2012, he was named assistant principal of Aldine HS before serving in the same position at Nimitz Ninth Grade School two years later. Before his present, he served as assistant principal at Blanson Career and Technical Education HS, a position he has held since 2017.

Heady received his bachelor’s degree in science education from Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC, and his master’s degree in English literature from Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. He also holds a Texas Principal’s Certification through Region 4 Education Service Center.

Artisha V. Holmes

Holmes has 17 years of experience in education. She began her career in 2005 as an elementary school teacher in Houston ISD. Eight years later, Holmes joined Andre ES in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD as a curriculum coach. She joined Aldine ISD in 2017 as an English language arts skills specialist at Black ES. Holmes was named assistant principal at Parker ES in 2018, a position she held until her assignment.

Homes received her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Prairie View A&M University. She also holds a master’s degree in counseling and educational administration from the same university. Holmes is currently a candidate for a doctorate in educational leadership and innovation from St. Thomas University.

Sherree D. Johnson

Johnson has 13 years of experience in the field of education. Johnson started in Fort Bend ISD as a first-grade teacher at Barbara Jordan Elementary School in 2009 before joining Lantern Lane Elementary School in 2012 as a prekindergarten and first-grade teacher. Four years later, she served FBISD as an enriched learning and prekindergarten coordinator before being named assistant principal of Malala Yousafzai Elementary School in 2020. She also served as principal of Inspire Academy’s summer school.

Johnson received her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Sam Houston State University. She also holds a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Texas at Arlington. Johnson is a member of the Houston Area Alliance of Black School Educators, National Association of Educators of Young Children, Texas Association of Educators of Young Children, and Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Jonathan Kegler

Kegler has 14 years in education. He began his career in 2008 as a physical education teacher at McMichael Middle School in Nacogdoches ISD. Kegler served in the same capacity in NISD at Woodrow Wilson MS and Brooks Quinn Jones ES between 2009 and 2011. At Brooks Quinn Jones ES, Kegler served as assistant principal and principal. In 2014, Kegler was named principal of Emeline Carpenter Academy of Technology and Science in NISD. He moved to Tyler, TX, to serve as principal of Peete Elementary School before joining The Brookhill Lower School in Bullard, TX, in 2018 to serve in the same capacity. In 2019, he joined Sheldon ISD as an assistant principal at Garrett Elementary School before joining Aldine ISD in 2020 to serve as principal of Jones MS.

Kegler received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in kinesiology from Stephen F. Austin State University and a principal certification. He is working on his doctorate in transformational leadership from Concordia University in Portland, OR.

Dale K. Prioleau

Prioleau has 14 years of experience in education. He began his career in 2008 as a special education /history teacher at Lane School. In 2012, he was named assistant principal of the campus. Four years later, Prioleau was named principal of Lane School, a position he held until his most recent assignment.

The 25-year retired army veteran received his bachelor’s degree from Park University-Parkville (MO) and a master’s degree in health care administration from Trident University (CA). He also holds a principal certification from Region 4 Education Service Center and a superintendent certification from the University of Texas at Tyler.

Phoebe Pruitt

Pruitt’s entire educational career has been in the Aldine Independent School District, where she has served 24 years. She began as a third-grade teacher at Carmichael Elementary School in 1998 before joining Aldine Middle School in 2001. In 2006, she was invited to help open Plummer Middle School, where she served as the ELA skill specialist centered on teacher development and student success. This opportunity led to an assistant principal position at Hambrick Middle School.

Pruitt is from Dallas, where she attended the first Black-owned and accredited school in the state of Texas, Lobias Murray Christian Academy. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, a master’s degree in Reading Education, and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Prairie View A&M University.

Gerald Schattle

Schattle is a longtime educator. He was named assistant principal of Lewis MS in 2012 before joining Hall Center for Education (now Hall Success Academy) in 2017. A position he held until his assignment.

Schattle received his bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Houston-Downtown and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Lamar University. He also holds a principal certification and a superintendent certification.

Walter Stewart

Stewart has 31 years of experience in education, with 26 of those years in Aldine ISD. Stewart started as a secondary mathematics teacher in 1991 at St. Helena Central Middle School and St. Central High School in St. Helena Parish School District in Greensburg, LA. In 1995, Stewart joined Plaquemine High School in Iberville Parish School System in Plaquemine, LA, in the same capacity. A year later, Stewart moved to the Houston area, joining MacArthur HS in Aldine ISD as a mathematics teacher. He moved into a leadership position, serving as assistant principal of Aldine Middle School in 2005 before being named as principal in 2008 of Aldine Ninth Grade School. Stewart was named principal of Aldine HS in 2013, a position he held until being named principal of Nimitz HS.

Stewart received his bachelor’s of science in secondary mathematics education from Southern University and A & M College in Baton Rouge. He holds a master’s of education in administration and supervision from the same university.