Awards & Recognition

The Utah Association of Secondary School Principals recognizes that Utah has many great and talented administrators. Each year nomination forms are made available encouraging people to nominate those outstanding Principals and Assistant Principals. After a person is nominated they are sent applications to complete. A committee and the Executive Board interview and select one High School Principal and one Middle School Principal and one Assistant Principal of the Year for Utah.

The National Association of Secondary School Principals only allows for one principal to be nominated from each state. Therefore the UASSP Executive Board Interviews the High School and Middle school winners to determine which one will represent Utah in the National Association of Secondary School Principals competition for National Principal of the Year.

One Assistant Principal is selected each year as Assistant Principal of the Year, alternating between High School and Middle School. The State winner is then entered in the National Assistant Principal of the Year competition sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year 2024

The principals of Park City School, Crimson Cliffs Middle, and American Fork High School were named 2024 Utah Secondary Principals of the Year by the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals (UASSP).

Roger Arbabi Park City High School

Utah High School Principal of the Year for 2024

Brian Stevenson Crimson Cliffs Middle

Utah Middle School Principal of the Year for 2024

Melody Apezteguia American Fork High School

Utah Assistant Principal of the Year for 2024

Secretaries of the Year 2023

Jill Broadhead Willowcreek Middle School

Middle Level Secretary of the Year for 2023

Janette Aparicio Ogden High School

High School Secretary of the Year for 2023

Lori Whitehead Desert Hills High School

Secondary Secretary of the Year for 2023

Derlynne Brooks Escalante High School

The Legend Award for 2023