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NEW ENGLAND PREPARATORY SCHOOL ATHLETIC COUNCIL
FALL 2018
Welcome from NEPSAC President Bob Howe
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reetings! I would like to extend a warm welcome to all new athletic directors joining NEPSAC Schools this fall. Additionally, welcome back to all the veteran athletic directors! With over 180 full and associate member schools, NEPSAC can provide support and guidance to athletic directors as we all give our best to the programs we oversee. Among our member schools we have a wealth of talent and experience from athletic directors who have been in the field for many years.
My first words of advice to any person just starting out as an athletic director in NEPSAC would be to connect with veteran athletic directors within your league or district. From my own experience, getting involved in District meetings and league affiliations, and now spending time working on the NEPSAC Executive Board, have all been some of the best professional development I could ask for. Relationships you build with other schools help make our jobs as athletic directors so great.
NEPSAC Annual Meeting On Friday, November 16, NEPSAC will hold its annual meeting at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. At this meeting we will present our two service awards (the Martin William Souders Memorial Award and the Distinguished
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Service Award), present Liz Conant as this year’s keynote speaker, and provide several breakout sessions throughout the morning on topics important to our profession. Most of all, the meeting is an opportunity to connect with each other and reflect on ways to do our jobs even better while working closely with peers. Please put the date in your calendar today!
About NEPSAC NEPSAC’s primary purpose is to encourage all member schools to conduct the affairs of games, leagues and tournaments according to high standards of sportsmanship and cooperative good will. Because athletics are an integral part of the educational programs of member schools, affording young people innumerable opportunities for personal growth and development, NEPSAC shall be concerned with seeing that enjoyable and healthy interscholastic programs for students are provided. In every way at its disposal, NEPSAC will provide leadership and legislative action for its member schools to insure that the intentions of this organization are
met. The NEPSAC Executive Board will, in every way at its disposal, provide leadership, direction and legislative action for its member schools and related coaches’ associations pursuant to the administration of interscholastic athletics. A further purpose of NEPSAC is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas and to help with the problems of its member schools. NEPSAC will advise and guide, particularly when asked in a situation where an impasse exists. (NEPSAC Constitution and By-laws, Article II, NEPSAC 2018–2019 Directory, page 7.)
Executive Board NEPSAC’s Executive Board is comprised of members from schools in all four districts of the association. Typically each district is represented by their president and vice president at our meetings. We meet six times throughout the school year and organize the annual meeting for NEPSAC members. Most district leadership posts last for two years. An Executive Board member serves a four-year term while holding vice president and president positions (two years each) in his or her district. In addition to these Board members we are lucky to retain the services of several past NEPSAC presidents, middle school representatives and — through established positions — Communications Specialist Laurie Sachs
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NEPSAC Annual Meeting Friday, November 16 DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts