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Week 2

     This week I did something different every day, a nice representation of the athletic director's duties here at Catlin. I finished the athletics slideshow, ordered t-shirts for basketball senior night, finished checking off the volleyball uniforms with Tyler, did some billing, and listened in on an athletic director's Zoom meeting. Kate also set me up a huge desk and chair to sit at in her office, as you can see in the photo!            One of the most interesting things I got to see this week was the AD meeting with all the schools in our league. They talked about scheduling soccer games for next fall, as well as their stance on masks and spectators for the current basketball season. I found it interesting that Kate was the only woman AD in the meeting, and most of the conversation about basketball was focused on the men's team. All of the AD's agreed that players and spectators will be required to wear masks for the remainder of th...

Week 1

May 17-21 For my senior project, I am working with Kate and Tyler in the athletics department. I chose this project because I love playing and watching sports and I was curious to see the management side of a high school athletics department. Kate is the athletic director and Tyler is the assistant athletic director. The tennis/golf/track season just ended this week and winter sports are starting up for the remainder of the year. I will also be playing on the basketball team throughout the month of senior projects, which is coached by Kate. I started this project by just reaching out to Kate and asking if there was anything I would be able to help her with. She said they can always use help with daily tasks that come up such as organizing team gear and uniforms, as well as more long-term projects like creating the end-of-year athletics slideshow or planning events for the sports teams (like senior night). I enjoy planning and am a very organized person, so I thought I would enjoy helpi...