AUBURN — Donald Fournier, president of Saint Dominic Academy, has named science and math teacher Shelly Wheeler the new principal of the Auburn Campus.

Wheeler will assume the role July 1.

Wheeler replaces Joline Girouard, who will assume a new position at the academy focused on implementing the school’s new strategic plan and identifying opportunities to improve the student experience.

“We are very fortunate to have found a well-respected educator such as Mrs. Wheeler to offer her voice, creativity, and passion for Catholic education as the new principal at the academy,” Fournier said. 

Wheeler is completing her first year at the Auburn campus, which houses seventh through 12th grades. She was a math teacher at Oak Hill High School in Wales from 2004 to 2015. While there, she was the chairwoman of the Oak Hill High School Leadership and Organization Committee for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

In addition, Wheeler served from 2009 to 2015 as an AP statistics reader, one of only 500 college professors and high school instructors worldwide to read and score AP statistics exams. She earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from the University of Maine at Farmington and a master’s degree in education from the University of New England.