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8-23-24

Dear Anderson Valley Community,

It has been an absolute pleasure meeting and working with students and parents this week! What a warm and friendly place!  I know Alyson McKay, principal of AVES and Heath McNerney, principal of the Jr/Sr High have also been so grateful for the smiles, the excitement, and the kindness all around. Your kids are the absolute best.

At AVES, we are thankful to all of our parent drivers for their cooperation with the new traffic pattern at drop-off and pick-up. The dangerous U-turns in the front of the school have been eliminated, and the traffic flow is calm and orderly.  It was a thing of beauty! It is lovely to see the happy faces of our students as they get out of their cars to head in to school. A special thanks to Mrs. McKay, Mr. Corey-Moran, Mr. Frazer, and Mrs. Damian for getting out there in their orange vests to help with drop-off. It’s working! 

At Anderson Valley Jr/Sr High, our seventh graders were welcomed into our student body and have integrated seamlessly. Special thanks to the Jr High teachers for working through Expectations Stations, and helping our newest students learn to navigate the new campus. Our High School students have quickly gotten back into the swing of daily classes and are clearly enjoying being back with their friends. Excitement is in the air! 

Construction is everywhere, and our students are doing a great job of navigating the campus while our dedicated construction crew completes the classrooms that are under construction.  Special thanks to Mrs. Jenderseck, Mr. Bublitz, Mrs. Malfovon, Mrs. Johnson, and our musicians Ms. Calvache and Mr. Cook from Gabriela Franks’ Music Academy, for their flexibility in moving to portable classrooms until the construction is complete. You have made those classrooms homey and comfortable already! We look forward to the completion of our Science rooms (with amazing learning patios and fantastic large, sliding glass doors) and the classrooms in the main wing of the school toward the end of the semester.

Anderson Valley Unified School District is a bustling and exciting place to be!  We are moving toward updating or replacing our gym, and are making excellent progress toward the beginning of construction on the new track. More detailed information to come! We already have the best kids and staff around; soon we’ll have the best facilities too! 

I am thrilled to be working with the Anderson Valley community and welcome your thoughts and ideas.  My door is open!  Please reach out to me if you would like to talk one-on-one.

We are going to do great things this year together!

With respect,