Principal Bill Demaree has instituted numerous programs at Jeannette Myhre Elementary School in Bismarck that have empowered the school's large Native American population. He forged a partnership with the MedCenter College of Nursing using Title I funds to bring trained medical personnel to the parents and teachers at Myhre Elementary. He has established free before- and after-school programs with community-based "Open Door" enrichment activities, homework clubs, art lessons and outdoor skills training. He has also expanded technological resources and is active in the school's Teaching and Technology (TNT) program. In 1999, he was named North Dakota's National Distinguished Principal by the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the U.S. Department of Education.
1970 Minot State University, B.A.
