August 27, 2017 Every year the summer seems to rush by and I find myself thinking "how did it get to be the end of August?" I am guessing you are thinking the same thing tonight as you get ready to head back to AHS tomorrow morning. I can't wait to see you all! I am excited for the new start with so much to look forward to. The 2017-2018 school year is off and running. I am going to start sending my memos to you in this format so you can always go back to one place to search for information. Besides lots of beach time with my family this summer I had the privilege of attending both the National and Massachusetts conferences for secondary administrators. At the NASSP conference I sat on the floor (every space in the room was filled!) in order to hear school leaders Shelley Burgess and Beth Houf, authors of Lead Like a Pirate , share their phenomenal message of inspiration and creating a school where the "students and staff are running to get in rather ...