Wishkah Valley School District has announced that Shannon Patterson will be the next K-12 school principal. At the Wishkah Valley school board meeting Thursday, the board of directors approved her contract.

Patterson has been a long-time K-12 music and Spanish teacher at Wishkah Valley and is replacing Edwina Hargrave who will be retiring at the end of the 2020-2021 school year. Petterson is also on the Hoquiam City Council.

According to Wishkah Superintendent Donald Hay, “Mrs. Patterson has distinguished herself for this position through her sense professionalism, commitment to excellence, love for the community and children of the Wishkah Valley, and her enthusiasm and energy. She has demonstrated instructional leadership and classroom innovation. Over the years she has developed a rapport and respect between herself and the students, parents, and community.”