WARWICK — In addition to teaching the combined third and fourth grade classroom at Warwick Community School, Christine Mullen will also be principal this year.

Mullen has taught the combined third and fourth grade class for eight years, and taught first, fifth and sixth grades in Orange for 10 years before that. She also gained experience teaching special education in Orange, but this will be her first experience in an administrative role.

Mullen received her administrative certification in 2007, and is looking forward to using those skills for a community she is so familiar with.

“It’s a nice place to start an administrative position,” she said. “It’s a tight-knit community.”