Biography

Elementary Principal Paul Hagness grew up and attended school in Fordville, ND, graduating from there in 1978.  He attended Mayville State University, graduating in 1983 with his degree in elementary education.  Paul taught 4th grade in Dunseith, ND before moving to Pembina in the fall of 1986, where he currently resides.  He received his master's degree in elementary administration from Northern State in Aberdeen, SD in 1995. Paul and his wife, Noreen, have three children.  Katherine, 28, lives in Pembina with her husband, Ryan, their son, Noah, (3), and daughter, Jocelyn, (1).  Cassandra, 26, a certified surgical technologist, resides in Chatfield, MN with her husband, Josh, and their new son, Owen, and works at the Methodist Hospital of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.  Marcus, 24, is currently living in Mayville, and is a senior at Mayville State University.