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June 16, 2021

We made it!!! Words can not express how grateful I am for all of you. Thank you for making this difficult year one of growth for our students. 

In an effort to keep our meeting this afternoon brief here is a summary of information regarding the summer.

If you have not sent me a note of interest for the positions you currently hold as a class, club, etc. advisor, please do so ASAP. I will share positions that are still open by the beginning of August. We do need a Class of 2025 advisor! Talk to Janet, Randa, Mary or Josh (our current student leadership advisors) if you are interested. 

Summer building hours: 8am-2:45pm starting Thursday, June 17
    Please call or email if you need to come in so we can let you know if your classroom is accessible. Linda and I will be taking time too. I plan to be gone the last week of June and all of July for personal and professional time. (Don't forget to check out the ADL workshop I posted on June 14 and join if you are interested!)
    If you are moving rooms this summer please label everything you want moved with the room number you are going to.


For your planning purposes please note these dates and let your club leadership, class officer, sports captains, etc. know so they can attend.
Student Leadership Summit: August 17, 10am-2pm  
Peer leader training: August 19 9am-12pm
New Student Orientation- August 19 4-6pm (Club/activity Fair 3:45pm)
Class of 2024 Welcome- August 18 4-6pm   

Next year:
Our schedule next year will be back our pre-COVID schedule (7 classes/ 5 drop 2) and X-block will be a part of our day. For the first three weeks of the school year, I ask that you plan to focus on essential skills for your class (study skills, time management, etc.) during the X-block time. 

Building culture and relationships is going to be more important than ever next year. Please start thinking about the first 4 days (August 30-September 2) and how you will establish expectations and build relationships. The all-school PBIS Activity/Convocation will be on Thursday, September 2nd.

As you spend the summer relaxing and reflecting think about the positive things we can take away from this year. I read an article recently (the Globe maybe?) that talked about the changes a pandemic brings to society and how things naturally change afterwards. We can not go back to what we did before just because. Let's take what we learned and loved about this year, there was some of that, and bring it with us as we move forward. 

Please enjoy the last edition of the AHS Student Newspaper

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  1. UnknownJune 16, 2021 at 8:08 AM

    Thank you for leading us through these past 15 months. It will be great to be on a more normal schedule next year after some time to refresh and reflect!

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