Goodbye+Mr.+Amato

Mr. Amato has decided to leave Hunt as well this year. When school gets out this June, he will move on to being safety coordinator of the district, as well as a substitute principal for the district schools. After seventeen years as either assistant principal or principal, he will be greatly missed by student and staff.

Mr. Amato is different from any other assistant principal Hunt will ever receive. He is the kind of person that lets a student throw a pie in his face in front of the entire school, to keep his promise and to make his students laugh.

When he leaves us, Mr. Amato will miss the students dearly, along with all the teachers he has known throughout his career. He will however, enjoy himself immensely, using his free time to travel the world, something he's been wanting to do his whole life. Mr. Amato has only ever visited Canada, so he is very excited to cross the ocean and see Italy and Scotland, where his relatives are from.

Mr. Amato also enjoys fishing, golfing, woodworking, hiking, and gardening in his free time. He grows garlic and flowers at home already.

Before becoming an administrator Mr. Amato had worked as a carpenter, taught building trades, taught physical education, and coached football. “I had seen and met many administrators, and I chose the job, because I knew that I could do it at least as well as them, maybe even better.”

After making this decision, Mr. Amato went back to school and got his masters at Johnson state college. Soon after, there was an opening at Lamoille Union High School/ Middle School. Mr. Amato worked took the job and worked for a long time until he saw the opening at Hunt Middle School. “It thought it would be cool to focus on just middles schoolers, instead of both middle school and high school students at once.

And so Lamoille’s loss was Hunt’s gain. Enjoy your book and the assembly we all put together! You mean a lot to us Mr. Amato.