Well, back in December, I took a trip to Laughlin where I met up with Principal Dawn Estes.

Principal Estes has a very unique job, and here's why.

She is in charge of three levels of education--elementary, junior, and high school--at two different campuses, Bennett Elementary School and Laughlin Junior/Senior High School.

Well, Principal Estes took us on a tour of both campuses, gave us details about a very exciting new project, and shared who inspired her to become a principal.

(Dawn Estes) My grandpa always said to me, Teaching is a great profession, but as a woman, don't limit yourself.

You might think about being a principal.

And so I chuckled and I thought, I will never be a principal.

And here I am a principal.

-And boy was Grandpa right.

Principal Dawn Estes went on to become principal of not only one school, but two.

-Oh, gosh!

So I first became principal at the Bennett Elementary in 2010.

And then I transitioned to the K-12 principal in February of 2015.

-Principal Estes makes the daily 2 1/2 mile commute each way several times a day.

-My current office at the high school... Come on in.

-Having two principal's offices will soon be, well, part of history.

Construction is currently underway.

And by next school year, Bennett Elementary and Laughlin Junior/Senior High School will all be housed on one campus.

Principal Estes knows she has a unique and rewarding job, a job she gladly acknowledges she can't do alone.

-So while the unicorns might be in my office, I think the real magic happens here in the front office.

-And just like she encourages her students to succeed... -And I hope they appreciate the time that all of us really put in to help them see that there is life beyond the Laughlin community.

-...she's reminded of how her loving grandpa inspired her to dream big.

-I think I would say, Thank you for believing in me.

Thank you for that unconditional love that allowed me to grow into the individual that you knew I was going to be that I didn't yet recognize that I wanted to be.

Oh, look.

You made me cry.

-Definitely making grandpa proud.

Thank you, Principal Estes for all that you do for the wonderful students in Laughlin.