The Pearblossom School mission is to provide a safe and positive learning environment that respects and values diversity, empowers children to reach their greatest potential, and prepares them with the 21st century skills necessary for life-long learning.

Pearblossom school is where the students are equipped for success, staff is empowered to get them there, and school and community are partnered for the duration of the process.

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Dear friends and families of Pearblossom,

It is my honor and pleasure to serve you as the principal of Pearblossom Elementary for the 2024-2025 school year. I am so very excited to get to know each one of you. Positive relationships and open communication are vital to running a successful school.  Please feel free to email, call, or make an appointment to meet with me if there is anything pressing on your mind that I can assist you with.  

Pearblossom is a community school.  If you would like to participate on our campus, please inquire about joining our PTO, School Site Council, or ELAC.  There are also many opportunities to volunteer on campus.  If you are interested in any opportunities to serve Pearblossom, please call our front office to inquire how.  Finally, I encourage all parents and guardians to attend our monthly Coffee and Tea with the Principal, held once a month on campus.  Communication between the office and all stakeholders is primarily done through Parent-Square.  If you have not done so, please stop by the front office and sign up for this free communication tool.  

I am confident that we will have an amazing school year together.   Every community is unique, and I look forward to learning why Pearblossom is so special.  

Yours in Service, Joshua S. Konrad

Biography

Mr. Konrad is a native of Tennessee but has been living off and on in the Southern California area since 1983.  He is a third-generation educator. His maternal grandmother served as a high school chemistry teacher in the Cook County public schools for 25 years before retirement.  His mother was a middle school English teacher, a girls' counselor, and a school administrator for 35 years in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Before entering the textile business, his father was a literature professor at Fisk University and the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga.

Mr. Konrad comes with 25 years of TK-12 school experience. Before joining Keppel Union School District, he was an administrator for Palmdale School District in the Antelope Valley, Para Los Ninos in Downtown Los Angeles, and El Alsson British and American International School in Cairo, Egypt.

From 2009 - 2024, Mr. Konrad worked as an international educational consultant for the Abu Dhabi Education Council, the British Council of Malaysia, the Malaysian Ministry of Education, and finally, as a Trainer-Consultant for the President of Kazakhstan, where he worked with Cambridge University professors to train and guide TK-12 public school teachers and administrators working within the Country of Kazakhstan, after working in Central Asia Steppe.

After living overseas for eight years, he returned to Southern California in 2016 and worked for LACOE as a Consultant I.

In 2018, Mr. Konrad relocated with his family to the Antelope Valley, where he served four years as an assistant principal for Palmdale School District before becoming the principal at Daisy Gibson Elementary.  

Mr. Konrad has published several articles on TK-12 education-related topics and written educational policy white papers for officials within the Ministries of Abu Dhabi, Malaysia, and Kazakhstan for Cambridge University Press.

Over the last 15 years, Mr. Konrad has been a member of various Rotary Clubs worldwide.  He has been a member of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles (LA5), the Rotary Club of Dubai, the Rotary Club of Bintulu, Malaysia, where he sat on the Board of Directors, and most recently, the Antelope Valley Rotary Club, where he is club president for the 2024-2025 year.

Mr. Konrad holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Mississippi with a double major in History and Sociology, a Master of Science in School Administration from the National University, and a Master of Arts in Public Policy and Public Administration from Northwestern University.

He holds his clear Administrative Service, Multiple Subject, and Single Subject in Social Studies from the California Teaching Commission. As a lifelong learner, he is enrolled at Cal State Dominguez Hills to obtain his Project Management Certification.  

Mr Konrad is married to his wife, Andrea. They have two beautiful children, Lucy and Jacob, and two lucky cats, Milley and Oreo.