Meet our Administrators

Meet our Principal

Mrs. Chrissy Willard

I grew up in St. Louis, Mo. I am one of five kids and grew up with sports being a huge part of my life. As a child, I played soccer, softball, volleyball, basketball, dance (it was short lived which is evident in my current skills), and track and field. I received a college scholarship to play volleyball in college and was an Academic All-American.

It was in college that I met my husband who was also very involved in sports and was an All-American wrestler. Chad and I married a few years after graduating college in 2009. After college, I worked in college admissions and even became a head college volleyball coach and my husband Chad was a teacher and assistant college wrestling coach. We became parents in 2013 when we had Alivia. She is by far the best thing that has ever happened to me. When we had Alivia, we decided to move closer to Chad's parents who live in Collinsville, so to Oklahoma we went :-)

It was important to Chad and I that we found a district for both of us to work in and a community that we wanted to raise Alivia and be heavily involved in. We were looking for more of a family than just a job. Claremore checked all the boxes and felt like it was where we were meant to be. I began working as the school counselor at Roosa Elementary in 2013 and Chad taught at the high school and became the head wrestling coach. In the fall of 2017 I fully transitioned into my current position as principal of Roosa Elementary.

Chad, Livy, and I now live outside of Claremore on 10 acres. We love being outside, riding 4-wheelers, fishing, going to the lake, and just hanging out with our friends. We are very involved in our church, Cedar Point. We love being a part of such an amazing community here in Claremore. I love going to watch my husband coach football and wrestling, and now I get to be the crazy sports mom too. Livy has now played two years of baseball and has started wrestling this year. I love coming to work every day to see all my students. I love giving hugs and seeing their faces light up. For me being a principal means I have been blessed with the opportunity to impact hundreds of kids every day, and usually they end up making a bigger impact on me.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Mr. Ed Crum

I grew up in Aurora, Colorado. I have four brothers and a sister. I play multiple sports growing up, but my main love was basketball.

After high school, I received a scholarship to attend Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma where I obtained my Bachelors of Science in Education. I later moved on to OU (Go SOONERS!) where I earned my Masters of Educational Leadership.

My teaching career started in 1995 teaching Jr. High English and coaching high school basketball at Moore Public Schools.

We moved to the wonderful community that is Claremore to be nearer to my wife's family. I started teaching 4th grade at Roosa in 2002 before moving on to Jr High to teach math and coach basketball at Claremore High School. My years before my return to Roosa were spent in both principal and superintendent positions in Claremore, Tulsa, and Justus-Tiawah school districts.

When not at school, my favorite thing is to spend time with my beautiful family. My wife, Jennifer, is the school psychologist at Claremont Elementary. My daughter, Caroline, a Claremore graduate, is a junior at OSU, and son, Campbell, is a senior at CHS.

I like the positive things Claremore is doing with regard to student learning. Having taught in Claremore previously, the culture of Roosa Elementary helped shape who I became as a teacher and leader, and I was excited about the opportunity to return.

I want to make a positive difference in students lives. I had numerous teachers help me become the person I am today. Many of those teachers believed in my potential, accepted me for who I was at the time, and often showed grace on me when I did not live up to expectations.