Children’s writer, Sigmund A. Boloz, has been called the Principal Poet. Named the National Distinguished Principal from Arizona (1996) Sig has written eleven books of poetry and published over 400 pieces and articles in over 80 different journals and books. He was a past member of the editorial advisory board of The Reading Teacher (IRA) and is a member of the Author's Guild.

Sig was principal of Ganado Primary School from 1980 to 2002. During that time, the School received national recognition as a National Lead School (NCTE), as a National Exemplary Reading Program (IRA), National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence (U.S. DOE), and as the National Exemplary Program in Indian Education (Native American Scholarship Fund, Inc.). In 1983, 1995 and 2002, Ganado Primary School was named an A+ School and in 1995 the Number One School in Arizona. The school received international recognition when it was featured as the cover story in the October 1997 issue of Teaching K-8 magazine.

Presently, Sig is on the faculty of the College of Education at Northern Arizona University were he teaches integrated literacy classes.