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Week of 8/17/2020

Good morning-

I was informed last evening that now that our summer cleaning process is near completion and our storage units have arrived, teachers have permission to return to the building. Your fobs are being reactivated. Please continue to use the front doors and notify me if you will be coming in. 

New term dates:

Q1 9/14/2020- 11/13/2020

Q2 11/16/2020- 1/29/2021

Q3 2/01/2021- 4/07/2021

Q4 4/08/2021- 6/16/2021


This message is being shared with families. I thought it would be relevant to share with staff as well. 

As you prepare your child for school, please note this important information in the plan from the Ashland Public Schools Nurses: “More tightly woven materials, such as cotton fabrics with higher thread counts, are preferable, while elastic materials are not recommended due to the higher pore size and lower filtration efficiency. (Harvard, 2020) For this reason, APS will not allow students or staff to wear neck gaiters, bandanas, or masks with exhalation valves.”


I was remiss in not sharing this in my email last week! Congratulations Andrew and thank you for all you do for the students of AHS. 

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The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association is pleased to announce the twenty-nine coaches from MIAA member schools who were selected this year by a subcommittee of MIAA Coaches’ Education Instructors.

 

The award seeks to recognize and honor “teacher coaches” who have had an impact on the lives of student-athletes, by encouraging them to succeed and by helping them develop self-confidence, ambition, a sound work ethic, and other skills or values necessary or helpful for success in their later lives. Award candidates should have a record of encouraging student-athletes to be well-rounded (i.e. displaying excellence in areas of scholarship, citizenship, fine arts, etc.), as well as a reputation, among their peers and the athletic community, for fair play, good sportsmanship, and the development of these attributes in their student-athletes.

 

The 2019-20 honorees are the tenth class of MIAA Coach of the Year Award recipients. Please see below for the list of honorees and their coaching philosophies. Congratulations to the 2019-2020 MIAA Coach of the Year Recipients!

 

FOOTBALL

ANDREW MacKAY, Ashland High School: “My philosophy on athletics is very simple. It’s about creating relationships. It is about working extremely hard to earn everyone’s respect and then raising the bar on expectations. The best days are sometimes the toughest and our staff knows that winning over a young person is far more important than winning an actual game. The moment you gain someone’s complete trust is the moment you can guide them into being a great person.”

 

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