Mr. Chris Zink
Hello Fairlawn Families, my name is Chris Zink and I’m excited to begin my second year as your PreK – 5th grade elementary principal! I bring with me 27 years of experience in education: 22 as an intervention specialist in all academic settings and content areas and 5 as an administrator, two as an assistant principal and three as a building principal. My wide array of experience in different schools and different educational settings has enabled me to meet each student where they are at and build strong authentic relationships with both them and their families.
Throughout my time at Fairlawn, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside some amazing staff and students and have learned so much from them. Whether it’s been about debating green vs red, hearing about how you can show virtually any animal at the fair, experiencing my first Chem Demo assembly, visiting local farms to see and interact with the animals and getting farm fresh eggs, or showing off my white belt, I have enjoyed every minute of it! Within our building walls, we have accomplished some amazing things too and as a leader, I believe it’s important for us to celebrate all of what makes us Fairlawn.
Outside of school I enjoy spending time with my family. I’m originally from Massachusetts, but I met my wife, Jessie, while living in New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, we decided it was time to move to Ohio, where she’s originally from and we have been in Troy for the past 19 years. Jessie is the Associate Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Northmont City Schools. We have been married for 20 years, and we have two sons. Noah, our oldest, is going to be studying exercise physiology at Ohio Northern this fall, and he will also be on the Cross Country and Track team. Caden will be entering 9th grade and will be running cross country and track. We are an active family that enjoys all forms of exercise, as well as some highly competitive board games and minigolf! We also have five pets. We have three dogs: Zoey, a black long-haired dachshund, Nova, a Bernese Mountain Dog, Frankie, a brown long-haired dachshund (just got him July 5th and surprised the family with him. I’ll let you guess how well that went over, but everything is great now 😊), and two cats, Gronk and BK.
I look forward to another great year with our staff, our families, our community members and most importantly our students! I love this place!
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Chris Zink
937-492-5930
zink@fairlawn.k12.oh.us