U.S. Senator Susan Collins was delighted to meet and congratulate Julie Smyth, Maine’s 2010 Assistant Principal of the Year. Smyth, who is Assistant Principal at Loranger Middle School in Old Orchard Beach, was in Washington, D.C. to be honored by the Maine Principal’s Association (MPA) at an annual awards banquet. According to the MPA, received the award “based on her accomplishments as a collaborative educational leader, an advocate of data-driven, student-centered policies and programs, and as an effective communicator facilitating connections within her district as well as those with the public.” Smyth lives in Biddeford with her husband, Curtis, and their children, Drew and Anna.