Personnel Announcement: Dr. Christina Arpante

Dear Parents,

It is with mixed emotions that I inform you that Dr. Christina Arpante's last day at Amana Academy will be October 24th, as she will be pursuing a new opportunity in another state.  In her two years at Amana Academy, Dr. Arpante served as Director of Middle School and oversaw the Interventions and Specials/Connections departments.  While she made many contributions to our school, she played an instrumental role in the process of distinguishing our middle school faculty and student experience from elementary.  She also helped to improve our school's overall organizational effectiveness.  Most importantly, Dr. Arpante cared about Amana students across all grades.  We are happy to have been a part of her professional growth, and we will miss her.

Since Dr. Arpante informed us of her intentions, I have worked with her, Ms. Hopkins-McClure, our Governance Board, and other key Crew members to lay out a transition plan that we have already set in motion.  I will work to fill her position with a qualified leader who embodies our school's values and has a passion for the expeditionary learning approach.  I cannot predict how long it will take to fill the position, as we must identify the right person.  In the meantime, I will personally fill in general administration of the middle school director role, and I remind parents of middle school students to follow our communication protocol (in the parent handbook) by contacting your child's teacher with any concerns and following up with me with any escalations. Other key roles and responsibilities of the position Dr. Arpante is vacating will be assumed by Ms. Hopkins-McClure (Elementary School Director), Mr. Christian Harden (Student Achievement Instructional Coach), and Ms. Natalie Edermanasinghe (School Counselor). 

If you have any questions regarding the transition plan, please do not hesitate contact me. In the meantime, please join me in wishing Dr. Arpante all the best with her move.