Cardinal Newman High School is pleased to announce Wesley Logsdon J.D. M.S. as Principal, Dr. William Savor as Vice Principal, and Irene Heidelbauer as Academic Dean. The new administrative team will lead under the existing President Brother Thomas Zoppo FSC.
Logsdon has over fifteen years of educational experience as a classroom teacher and administrator. A Cardinal Newman alumni, Logsdon ’98 brings a wealth of expertise and passion to his new role as Principal. Prior roles at Cardinal Newman include Vice Principal, May 2020 – June 2022, and Dean of Students, June 2018 – June 2022). Logsdon earned a Bachelor of Business Administration at Piedmont University, a Master’s in Education Leadership from Nova Southeastern University, and a J.D. from Florida Coastal School of Law.
“I am very excited and humbled to serve the Newman community,” states Principal Wes Logsdon. “It is a great honor to work alongside Newman’s dedicated faculty and staff, who endeavor to help students by educating the whole person, spirit, mind, and body.”
Dr. William Savor joins Cardinal Newman as Vice Principal from Cardinal Gibbons High School in Ft. Lauderdale. Savor brings several years of experience in Catholic education and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History and Minor in Education from Lake Forest College, a Master’s Degree in Education from Michigan State University, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Liberty University.
Irene Heidelbauer has been a champion of academic growth as a teacher at Cardinal Newman and founded the school’s now robust robotics program. Heidelbauer has over fifteen years of experience as an administrator and teacher in various subjects. She taught for three years at Cardinal Newman and held leadership roles at schools in Chicago, including ten years at Notre Dame High School for girls.
About Cardinal Newman High School:
Founded in 1961, Cardinal Newman is a premier Catholic college preparatory high school in West Palm Beach. It has a rich tradition of attracting gifted scholars, athletes, and artists who will become women and men of character, faith, and intellect. Newman’s coeducational environment allows students to grow and develop in a safe and communal setting. Every classroom promotes collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking, and each student receives the support required to achieve his/her personal best. The vision is to build life’s champions through faith, scholarship, servant leadership, and a strong family atmosphere. Among the 12,000 graduates have been war heroes, police chiefs, physicians, musicians, authors, researchers, politicians, lawyers, professional athletes, teachers, entrepreneurs, priests, and community leaders. Each Newman graduate is empowered with the ability to rise to every challenge and overcome every obstacle.