More and more, leadership opportunities seem to be nothing more than a check on the box for people. However, for new Assistant Principal Mike Rosenberg, or “Mr. Ro,” leading others is a genuine passion.
Mr. Rosenberg grew up in Cary, North Carolina, and is a true part of the Cary community, graduating from Cary High School. Mr. Rosenberg exited high school with a dream of being a pharmacist, leading him to Campbell University, one of only two accredited pharmacy schools in the state at the time. Mr. Rosenberg seeked to be a pharmacist because he “loved math and science, and thought ‘great, let’s put them together and help people.’” However, like many of life’s journeys, Mr. Rosenberg began to sway towards a different passion: education.
Mr. Rosenberg’s previous life experiences led him to want to pursue education. One was coaching swimming, and he recounts, “I started that when I was 15, and it’s definitely not the same kind of education, but I enjoyed instruction and that kind of thing.” Later in life, Mr. Rosenberg’s passion for education developed from his experiences tutoring. “I enjoyed a tutoring session that I was running sophomore year for chemistry,” Rosenberg remembers, “and I would rather go to my tutoring sessions that I was running than go to my pharmacy classes.”
Rosenberg shifted from pharmacy school to get a degree in mathematics so he could become a high school math teacher, at the same time receiving his teaching license. After obtaining his license, he “went back to Cary [High] as a teacher.” At Cary High School, Rosenberg continued his passion for swimming and coached the swim and dive team. After 10 years of teaching, Rosenberg decided to go to North Carolina State University to earn his Masters in School Administration. He then proceeded to his Assistant Principal internship at Scotts Ridge Elementary School.
Now, Mr. Rosenberg is working at Green Hope High School. Mr. Rosenberg, “was thrilled at the opportunity to apply, and was just psyched to get selected.” In the first week of Mr. Rosenberg’s position, he observed that Green Hope’s community is “very tight knit […] I feel like everybody is on the same page when it comes to the vision of excellence here. I also think that people have been incredibly friendly, getting hellos from students and staff when I’m doing arrival and dismissal […] and that’s wonderful.”
Mr. Rosenberg looks forward to returning the greetings to him through forming relationships with faculty and students alike in school years to come and is excited to be a key part of the Green Hope community.
