High Point, NC -- Oak Hill Elementary Principal Patrice Faison got a surprise from students and faculty Friday afternoon.
Faison was shocked as she got the news she had been named Regional Principal of the Year. The honor is for the top principal in the Piedmont Triad/ Central North Carolina region.
Faison will move on to compete for the North Carolina Principal Of The Year award.
In 2010, Faison became principal at Oak Hill and in her first year raised the school's ABC's composite test score by 19.4 percentage points to become one of GCS' most improved schools in 2011.