Dr. Aaron Wright joins the North High team as the Activities Coordinator on July 1. Students and families might have already met Dr. Wright, who has been working on the transition with retiring Activities Coordinator Ted Hickey. Campus is busy all summer with camps and other opportunities for students from elementary through high school and Dr. Wright is ready to be a part of the Northside tradition.
Wright joined Fort Zumwalt eight years ago as an assistant principal at East High School. During his time there, he was instrumental in refining the systems that allowed the school to be recognized by the state as a Purple Heart School in 2024. He brings this same dedication to military connected families to North High, which carries the same Zumwalt tradition of celebrating those who serve.
“My primary goal is to build positive relationships,” he said. “I am ready to immerse myself in North High history, and expand our outreach efforts for Veterans and Military Connected Families across our school community,” Wright said. “I would also like to connect with our feeder elementary schools and the middle school to learn about the origins of our future Panthers.”
He grew up in Jackson, Mo., and earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Southeast Missouri State University. He taught high school science and coached softball for eight years with the City of St. Charles School District before joining East High. Wright has a Masters in Educational Technology from SEMO as well as a Masters in Educational Administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He earned his Doctorate of Education-Educational Leadership from Maryville University. Wright is a Registered Athletic Administrator (RAA) and a member of the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. His goal has always been to lead extracurricular activities at a high school.
“High school activities serve as a tie that binds the present to the past while simultaneously providing something to look forward to in the future. They also establish checkpoints throughout the year and provide several anchors for community members to hold onto as we progress from one event to the next,” Wright said. “I'm most looking forward to joining the community at North High and experiencing long established hometown traditions, similar to where I grew up. It's something I took for granted and didn't realize how special, unique, and truly rare such places are. To have the opportunity to coordinate activities and events for a community like North High is something I've looked forward to and dreamt about for a long time.”