Four of the archdiocese’s 13 elementary schools had new principals when they reopened Aug. 29 for the 1983-84 school year.

St. John the Evangelist School in Hapeville and three Atlanta schools, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Paul of the Cross, will have new leadership this years.

Sister Santa Maria D’Angelso, R.S.M., the new principal in Hapeville, has recently moved to Georgia from the Philadelphia archdiocese. She was principal of St. Denis School in Havertown, Pa. for seven years.

The new principal at Immaculate Heart of Mary School on Briarcliff Road in N.E. Atlanta is Mrs. Laverne Iaffaldano, a former teacher in Chicago and Omaha, Neb., and a principal of Sts. Peter and Paul School in Omaha for five years.

Mrs. Iaffaldano succeeds Sister Kathleen Purser, G.N.S.H., who accepted the position as principal of St. Paul of the Cross School on Harwell Road in N.W. Atlanta after working at IHM for seven years. Sister Kathleen is a native of Georgia.

Sister Anna Kearns, C.S.J., will be principal at Our Lady of Lourdes School on the Boulevard in Atlanta. She is a native of Augusta who has taught in schools in Georgia, Missouri, Hawaii and Massachusetts.

The archdiocese’s elementary schools and St. Pius X High School resumed class last Monday.