Deitra Colquitt

Deitra Colquitt

Co-Principal at Pershing Elementary School

Brief Biography

Deitra Colquitt, EdS is currently a co-principal at Pershing Elementary School, completing her second year after embarking on a successful, community-based redesign and implementation of a co-principalship leadership model. Principal Deitra Colquitt is a proud alumna of the University City school district, graduating in 1998. Upon graduation, she pursued post-graduate studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Mrs. Colquitt is certified in Middle School Language Arts (5-9), K-12 Special Reading, and School Leadership (K-8). Principal Colquitt is committed to serving the community that helped her develop into the person she is today. Colquitt is a 2021-2022 EdSurge Voices of Change fellow.

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