Family Night!

Monday night we will be introducing a new format for our Annual Meeting of the parents and members of the Academy. We will still be voting for the new school board members, but we will also have dinner and enjoy some down time with each other. We will be having a come and go supper at the Home Plate Diner on Monday night from 5:00 to 9:00 PM.

Twenty percent of the sales fromt the evening will be donated to the school. The teachers and board members will be there to visit with families and to help serve and clean up! We will have a paper ballot and you can vote for the new board members while you are there.

I would like to introduce our prospective board members to you:

Dennis Amason
Father of Garrett (4 years) and Elisabeth (6 years)
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
Experience: Dennis is self employed and he has served as the chairman for his church board. Dennis cares about his child and about the Amarillo Montessori Academy. He wants to serve on the board because he wants to spend his time working on something he is passionate about.

Michelle Dear
Mother of Hudson (3 years) & Hadley (20 mos).
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies from WT
Experience: Michelle has served as the Executive Director of the YMCA. She would like to serve on the board because she thinks everyone should serve their time for their school. She cares about the place where her children will both be educated. Having served as an Executive Director, she understands the important role of the board of directors. Michelle also has experience in fundraising and hopes that experience will benefit the school.

Farrah Shah
Mother of Emaan (2 years)
Education: Bachelor’s in Pre-law and Political Science, currently working on MBA at WTAMU
Experience: Farrah used to be a bookkeeper and is very familiar with financing and budgeting. She is has been the director of Delta Zeta Zeta sorority for 4 years and has received national accreditation. Farrah is very passionate about organizations that she believes in and likes to volunteer her time to support them.

Matt Thomas
Father of Cooper (3 years) & Quinn (infant)
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M
Experience: Matt is an engineer at Thomas & Israel Registered Civil Engineers and he has served on several boards including Center City. Matt attended Amarillo Montessori as a child and feels like it gave him a good head-start. He believes AMA provides a good education for his children as well. He has had experience with several other non-profit boards and believes he can provide a good common-sense approach to matters brought before the board. With an engineering background, he would also be able to help the school by advising and helping the school move forward with our expansion.