The Principal of the Atlantic High School has won an award from the Iowa High School Press Association. Heather McKay received the Administrator of the Year award Thursday, during the IHSPA’s Annual Fall Conference at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus.

McKay started her career in Atlantic in 1997 as an English/Journalism teacher. She became principal at the high school in 2010. Her husband is 5th grade teacher Paul McKay. The couple has two sons.

The Administrator of the Year award is given to outstanding school administrators to acknowledge their support of journalism education within their schools or districts.