University of Memphis Football Game

Last week we attended a luncheon at the University of Memphis to kick off the school year and introduce the new Athletic Director, Tom Bowen, to the community.  It was a great event and a wonderful opportunity to network with the coaches. Every team at UofM is expected to engage the community through service.  We talked to a few coaches about having their teams work with our schools either after school or during the day as tutors.  When I was a principal at East Palo Alto Charter School we had a partnership with the Stanford Women's Water Polo Team and they came to tutor students once a week. 

On Saturday we were invited to the first game of the year- it was great! The team had to stop playing a few times due to thunderstorms, but they still put up a good fight.