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North Hills Hires McIntyre Elementary Principal and Director of Athletics
Michelle Spingola and Patrick WeberNorth Hills School District has appointed Michelle Spingola as the new principal for McIntyre Elementary, and high school assistant principal Patrick Weber as the new Director of Athletics. They will assume their duties on July 1 at the start of the 2019-20 school year.

“I am extremely pleased to promote Mrs. Spingola and Mr. Weber to new leadership positions within North Hills School District. I have no doubt that each of them will make a positive impact on the lives of our students, teachers and families at McIntyre Elementary and throughout our district,” said Dr. Patrick J. Mannarino, North Hills School District superintendent.

 

 

Mrs. Michelle Spingola

Spingola has served as the assistant elementary principal for all district elementary schools since 2017. She has been integral to day-to-day operations at McIntyre Elementary, the district’s largest elementary building, over the past two years. She assumed a variety of responsibilities at all district elementary buildings such as leading professional development trainings, facilitating safety team meetings and drills, analyzing data for school improvement and preparing for state assessments. Prior to becoming assistant principal, she served as a school counselor at five district buildings including North Hills Middle School, Ross Elementary and McIntyre Elementary since 2009 and also from 2005 to 2007. She was responsible for scheduling, master schedule development, transition activities and classroom lessons among many other tasks. In between her time at North Hills, she served as a case coordinator for a physician’s office.  

Spingola earned her master’s degree in counselor education and elementary school counseling and bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies from Penn State University. She holds a principal’s certification from Point Park University and a secondary school counseling certification from Slippery Rock University.

She lives in Cranberry Township with her husband.

 

Mr. Patrick Weber

Weber has served as an assistant principal at North Hills High School since 2015 where he is responsible for all students enrolled in Grades 9 and 10. As assistant principal, he established guidelines for student attendance and discipline, supervised and monitored customized education plans for special education students and coordinated and oversaw the Keystone Exams. Prior to becoming an assistant principal, Weber was a physical education and health teacher at Highcliff Elementary School and a physical education and health teacher at Morris Knolls High School in Rockaway, N.J.

Weber has been an assistant football coach for the varsity football team since 2011 and also was a head coach for the boys varsity lacrosse team for three seasons. He also coached football and lacrosse during his time in New Jersey. During college, Weber was a center and long snapper on the Penn State University football team from 2003 to 2007.

Weber earned his principal’s certification and master’s degree in educational leadership from California University of Pennsylvania. He holds a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and a teacher’s certification from the Pennsylvania State University. 

He lives in Ross Township with his wife and three daughters.