| | | Deborah Birchett
Assistant Principal East Mooresville Intermediate School Mooresville County Schools | | Tabitha Richardson
Assistant Principal
Mooresville Middle School
Mooresville County Schools |
| | | Katiana Desgrottes
Assistant Principal Charles Englund Elementary School
Lexington City Schools | | Julie Chiles
Assistant Principal
St. Stephen High School
Catawba County Schools |
| | | N-Kenga Reich
Assistant Principal
Ward Elementary
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools |  | Randy Raines
Assistant Principal
The North Carolina Leadership Academy |
| |  | Shirma Stover
Assistant Principal
H.E. Winkler Middle School
Cabarrus County | | Christina McDowell
Assistant Principal East Union Middle
Union County Schools |
| |  | Dalton Tedder
Assistant Principal
Jones Intermediate School
Mt. Airy City Schools |  | Hannah Andrews
Assistant Principal West Yadkin Elementary
Yadkin County Schools |
 | Jennifer Hall
Principal
Elkin Middle School
Elkin City Schools | | Sam Smithson
Assistant Principal Myrtle Grove Middle
New Hanover County Public Schools | | Justin Leath
Assistant Principal Porter Ridge High School
Union County Public Schools |
 | Danielle Gibbs
Principal
E. M. Yoder Elementary School
Alamance- Burlington County Schools | | Chris Forbis
Assistant Principal
Northwest Cabarrus High School | | Candace Kimball
Assistant Principal Guilford eLearning University Prep |
 | Edward Ortega
Principal
STEM Early College Guilford County Schools |  | Kedecia Stewart
Assistant Principal
Vance County Middle School
Vance County Schools | | Dr. Erick Pryor
Assistant Principal
Smith High School
Guilford County Schools
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| Shannon Bullock
Principal
LB Yancey Elementary School
Vance County Schools | | Carolyn Reeves
Assistant Principal Allen Middle School
Guilford County Schools |  | Amanda Burnett
Assistant Principal
Northwest Guilford High
Guilford County Schools |
 | Jeff Walters
Principal
Gray Stone Day School
Misenheimer, NC |  | Karen Morris
Assistant Principal Reynolds High
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools | | Dakisha Williams
Assistant Principal
Piedmont Classical High School
Browns Summit |
 | Levi Goins
Principal
Mt. Airy Middle
Mt. Airy City Schools |  | Kim Adame
Assistant Principal
Eastern Middle School
Guilford County Schools |  | Diego Mureno
Assistant Principal
Carborro High School
Carborro City Schools |
 | Emily Rycroft
Principal
Elkin Elementary
Elkin City Schools |  | Karen Von Klahr
Assistant Principal
Hickory Ridge Elementary
Cabarrus County |  | Cheryl Robinson
Assistant Principal
Central High School
Guilford County Schools |
 | Melonee Hunter
Principal
Coker Wimberly Elementary
Edgecombe County
|  | Nora Santillan
Assistant Principal
Mt. Airy Middle School
Mt. Airy City Schools
|  | Meredith Boger
Assistant Principal
Johnson Street Global
Guilford County Schools |
 | Leah Hayes
Principal
Banoak Elementary School
Catawba County Schools |  | Alicia Cone
Assistant Principal
Southeast Middle School
Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools |  | Chris Burnette
Assistant Principal
Grimsley High School
Guilford County Schools |
 | Michelle Clement
Principal
Rutherfordton Elementary School
Rutherford County Schools |  | Emily Moore
Assistant Principal
Cooleemee Elementary School
Davie County Schools |  | Eric Sorrell
Assistant Principal
Yadkinville Elementary
Yadkin County Schools |
 | Jennifer Cooper
Principal
Millis Road Elementary
Guilford County Schools
Rookie Principal of the Year GCS 2021 |  | Regina Hovis
Assistant Principal
Battleground Elementary
Lincoln County Schools |  | Chris Terzigni
Assistant Principal
Burke-Memorial Elementary
Medway, MA |
 | Deena DeShazor
Principal
Blue Green Academy
High Point |  | Shaniqua Burnette
Assistant Principal
Western High School
Guilford County Schools |  | Glasher Robinson
Assistant Principal
Hairston Middle School
Guilford County Schools |
 | Ryan Schnaith-Ivan
Principal
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School
High Point, NC |  | Emma Linn
Assistant Principal
Ronald E. McNair Elementary
Guilford County Schools |  | Nicia George
Assistant Principal
Hairston Middle Schools
Guilford County Schools |
 | Raphael Greene Hughes
Principal
Southfork Elementary
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools |  | Matt Hovis
Assistant Principal
East Lincoln Middle School
Lincolnton County Schools |  | April Rainey
Assistant Principal
Hickory Ridge Elementary School
Cabarrus County Schools |
| |  | Fanisha Fuller
Assistant Principal
Fairview Elementary
Guilford County Schools |  | Keith Vetter
Assistant Principal
Winecoff Elementary School
Cabarrus County Schools |
| |  | Jonathan Dillion
Assistant Principal
North Asheboro Middle School
Asheboro City Schools
|  | Kendra Carroll
Assistant Principal
Starmount Middle School
Yadkin County Schools |
| | | Christina Hall
Assistant Principal
Moore Elementary
Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools |  | Jairo Lopez
Assistant Principal
Southern Guilford High School
Guilford County Schools |
| |  | Karen Braswell
Assistant Principal
Smith High School
Guilford County Schools |  | Charlie Smith
Assistant Principal
Eastern Guilford Middle School
Guilford County Schools |
| |  | Frank Pantano
Assistant Principal
Smith High School
Guilford County Schools |  | Tiffany Cohen
Assistant Principal
Doris Henderson Newcomers School
Guilford County Schools |
| |  | Sharon Beauchamp
Assistant Principal
Forbush Middle School
Yadkin County Schools
|  | Assistant Principal
North High School
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools |
| |  | Keisha Dawalt
Assistant Principal
Balfour Elementary School
Asheboro City Schools |  | TaWuana Cook
Assistant Principal
Jamestown Middle School
Guilford County Schools |