Hello and welcome to the 2007-2008 school year – and what a year this promises to be. After several years of planning and construction, September brought with it the opening of the much anticipated, beautiful science and math technology building. The new building contains state of the art technology, enabling teachers to present material in a manner that facilitates learning. The new high tech. equipment will allow them to keep current with the latest trends in education.

In addition to the facility upgrades, we have hired many outstanding educators this year, including new assistant principal Rick Barclay, who takes over duties in House B. Together with our highly qualified veteran staff, we continue to provide instruction that yields learning results ranking Norman Nation among the top high schools in America. Once again we have scored well above the 800 mark on our Academic Performance Index and we have recently received a six-year term of accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. And we will continue to improve, as we reap the benefits of district-wide initiatives in support of instructional “best practices” that will further benefit Beverly students in their quest of lifelong learning.

As always, there is a commitment toward progress and a strong desire to build upon that which we do best. And there is also a renewed sense of school spirit in the air. I am happy to report that we are eagerly anticipating spirit weeks throughout the school year that will culminate in school-wide pep rallies in support of our co-curricular programs. This will further solidify our longstanding, deep-rooted pride celebrate success together as one Nation.

In June, I closed out my inaugural year with a message about the memories of a truly wonderful institution. I talked about becoming a member of this family, and in so doing, contributing to greatness. I said that it had truly been a wonderful year.

This year, I expect nothing less.

As always, GO NORMANS!

J. Guidetti