Kirkbride’s Lindback Principal Award Winner

Rebecca Julien has served as principal of Eliza B. Kirkbride Elementary School for four years. As an educator for 15 years exclusively in Philadelphia classrooms, Julien served as a high school Spanish teacher, instructional coach for Teach for America, and PhillyPLUS Principal Fellow before becoming principal at Kirkbride. Kirkbride was named a “Peer Leader” for the 2016-17 school year for the third year in a row on the District’s School Progress Report. Kirkbride has been consistently recognized for its “model” climate on the SPR; 95 percent of its students attend school 95 percent of the time or more, significantly outpacing District averages. Julien was selected as a Neubauer Fellow in educational leadership in 2018.