Harold Blood, Principal
Email: hblood@wearescpps.org
Phone: (985) 331-1018
Qualifications: • 2006 - M.ED., Administration and Supervision – Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, La. • 1999 - B.A., Elementary Education ( Grades 1-8) – Southern University at New Orleans • 2009 - Educational Leader-Level 2 • 2008 - Elementary School Principal (Grades 1-8) • 2008 - Principal (Grades K-12) • 1999 - Elementary ( Grades 1-8)
Mr. Harold Blood
As the principal of R.K. Smith Middle School, it is my goal and duty to keep the “main thing, the main thing,” which is educating and preparing students to succeed academically, as well as socially, because success is intentional. Our driving principle is the motto that we stress: “Kids First.”
I have been an educator for over 25 years. My education career in St. Charles Parish began in 1994 when I was hired as a para educator at the Court School that shared a campus with Eual J. Landry Middle School in Hahnville. I also coached football and track at Eual J. Landry. I attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. I received my B.A. in Elementary Education from Southern University at New Orleans.
I taught sixth-grade math at Ethel Schoeffner Elementary in Destrehan for six years, from 1999 to 2006. During that time I also attained my M.ED., in Administration and Supervision from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.
In 2006 I was appointed as the assistant principal of Raymond K. Smith Middle School, and in 2009 I was promoted to principal of Raymond K. Smith Middle School.
I am blessed to serve a group of awe-inspiring students and families in the communities along the River Road corridor on the west bank of St. Charles Parish. I have been gifted to lead the most fantastic faculty and staff in the state, where we cherish and believe in the Power of 1: One Mind, One Mission, One Vision, One R. K. Smith – Kids First!