If it's Thanksgiving, what is the Principal thankful for?

Thanksgiving has always been about the three "F's", football, food, and family. 

I am thankful that we don't play football on Thanksgiving Day anymore.  I really enjoyed the games but is was hard on my family since we usually travel out of town.

As far as food goes, I am thankful for the food service staff here at AHS who have worked to bring a better product to our students.  The addition of the deli sandwich line along with different kinds of  options really has made it better.  Elaine Dauber is dedicated to bring our food service above and beyond, I know she will do it.  Checkers Restaurant, enough said.

Family is something that abounds for me. 

I am thankful for my Alvirne Family who helps to bring a great educational environment together for our students.  I am thankful for those experienced teachers who are the support for everything that we are doing. I am thankful for the new teachers who bring new energy and ideas to light.  I am thankful for the people who reach out to students to try to help them even when they make it hard to extend that hand.  I am thankful for our office staff who work hard and from time to time put up with some grief that they should not have to.  They do it with a smile and a kind word.  I am thankful for our custodial staff who take great pride in keeping this school running well.  I am thankful for the parents who  support our efforts and are working with us  to create the best educational environment.  I am thankful for my 1407 children who make me feel that I am doing something important each day.

I am thankful for my family at home who supports me in everything I do.  My children were 7 and 8 years old when I came here.  They have sacrifice many a night  when I was at school attending to my other family, thanks Matt and Allie.    I am thankful for my wife for putting up with me how I feel that the job of Principal needs to be done.  She has been willing to let me  spend countless hours with my Alvirne Family because she knows it is important to me.

Looking at all the things I can be thankful I guess I am doing pretty darn well.

Have a great holiday with football, food and family!