Gawel Leaving Makes For Sad Vibe

November 12, 2009

For the past few days there has been a sad vibe about the students and staff at Novi High School. Administrator Randy Gawel has been the assistant principal at Novi High for eight years, but his time has come to move on and we will miss him.

Mr. Gawel will be leaving the Novi Community School District as of November 13th, 2009. Where will he be headed next you ask? Berkley High School; Mr. Gawel has been asked to be the new principal at Berkley starting November 16th, 2009 and he has accepted the position.

Mr. Gawel is a well known, highly visible person at Novi High who always did his best to help students get their voices heard and their scheduling conflicts worked out. The students at Berkley are going to be very lucky to have him. My sister and I have both babysat for his children and we can both tell he is not only a good high school administrator but a great father.

Anyone who has ever been in Mr. Gawel’s office knows that he cares about his students. All you had to do was look at his bulletin board of pictures, newspaper articles, and autographs. The entire board was filled with anything and everything he could find to show off what a fantastic support of the students he has.

As a student who talked to Mr. Gawel frequently, it will be a very different day without him around. He won’t be in our halls anymore during passing time and, when he was, he would always give a wave or smile to whomever passed by him.

As a person who writes articles for an internet site, I have always been told to make sure the reading could be done in sixty seconds or less, but this has to be the first time that I am having a hard time keeping this piece under sixty seconds with all the great things I could say about Mr. Gawel.

Although he will be leaving the district as an administrator, he will still be here as a resident and parent to students who attend Novi Schools. Mr. Gawel will truly be missed, but we wish him the best of luck with his new position as principal of Berkley High School.