A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DR. GREGORY C. “GREG” OWINGS, PRINCIPAL OF DUTCH FORK HIGH SCHOOL, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER FORTYFOUR YEARS AS AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR, AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives has learned that Dr. Greg Owings will begin a welldeserved retirement on June 30, 2017, after fortyfour years as a premier educator, the last five of which have been as the distinguished and highlyregarded principal of Dutch Fork High School; and Whereas, Greg Owings earned a and a bachelor’s degree in 1973 degree in 1976, in physical education, from the University master’s of South Carolina. He completed further study in 1986 in educational administration, and he earned a doctorate in education from NOVA Southeastern in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1995; and Whereas, to begin his career as an educator, he served as a physical education teacher at Conder Elementary School from 1973 to 1989, and he was the head coach for softball and tennis at Spring Valley High School from 1978 to 1988; and Whereas, Dr. Owings served at Windsor Elementary School from 1989 to 1996, first as assistant principal and then as principal, after which he was the principal of Summit Parkway Middle School from 1996 to 1999; and Whereas, he then served as the principal of Spring Valley High School from 1999 to 2012. Under his leadership, the high school was awarded Palmetto Gold status from 2000 to 2007 and again in
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DR. GREGORY C. “GREG” OWINGS, PRINCIPAL OF DUTCH FORK HIGH SCHOOL, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER FORTYFOUR YEARS AS AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR, AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives has learned that Dr. Greg Owings will begin a welldeserved retirement on June 30, 2017, after fortyfour years as a premier educator, the last five of which have been as the distinguished and highlyregarded principal of Dutch Fork High School; and Whereas, Greg Owings earned a bachelor’s degree in 1973 and a master’s degree in 1976, in physical education, from the University of South Carolina. He completed further study in 1986 in educational administration, and he earned a doctorate in education from NOVA Southeastern in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1995; and Whereas, to begin his career as an educator, he served as a physical education teacher at Conder Elementary School from 1973 to 1989, and he was the head coach for softball and tennis at Spring Valley High School from 1978 to 1988; and Whereas, Dr. Owings served at Windsor Elementary School from 1989 to 1996, first as assistant principal and then as principal, after which he was the principal of Summit Parkway Middle School from 1996 to 1999; and Whereas, he then served as the principal of Spring Valley High School from 1999 to 2012. Under his leadership, the high school was awarded Palmetto Gold status from 2000 to 2007 and again in
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