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Jared Ellerson might be a name familiar to Minnesota Gophers football fans. The receiver was part of the 2000s squads under coach Glen Mason including the first 10-win season in nearly a century in 2003.
Now, Ellerson can be found helping guide the next generation of students coming through the doors of Richfield High School as the new activities director as of July 1.
Ellerson takes over for Dave Boie, who is returning to the classroom as a science teacher at Richfield High School after five years of orchestrating the activities department. This will be Boies’ 25th year in education and he plans to enjoy the vantage point from the stands, cheering on the red and white.
Ellerson’s path to Richfield began in Osseo where he worked with discipline and student services at the high school before deciding to pursue an administrative position. Osseo High School Activities Director Bill Quan helped mentor Ellerson over 3-1/2 years, helping him learn the nuances about what goes into a successful activities department. “He let me look over his shoulder,” Ellerson said, crediting administrative assistant Megan McDonough with a lot of support. “They wanted me to go down the assistant principal path but I needed to figure out which lane I wanted to pursue. I know this is what I wanted to do and so it came down to getting my foot in the door.”
After three years of applying for vacancies, he landed the opportunity at Apollo ahead of last fall.
At Osseo, Ellerson learned about all of the responsibilities of an AD from scheduling to planning events, supervising games and the logistics to make everything from registration, practice, contests including state tournaments and intra-school events run without disruption for the participants.
Last school year was quite an experience as a first-time AD for Ellerson.
“It was a whirlwind experience, that is for sure,” he said. “I just hit the ground running with all of the things that come to the AD from all directions from coaches, students, families, the community and other stakeholders, the school board and superintendent from shooting emails, phone calls and face-to-face meetings. I get it. You have to prioritize and be able to delegate and work together.”
On top of the administrative requirements, attending upward of seven-nine events a week took some time to adjust to the pace.
“Figuring out the learning curve took the most time and then to have COVID-19 come up during the winter just threw another monkey wrench into the experience,” he said.
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Jared Ellerson might be a name familiar to Minnesota Gophers football fans. The receiver was part of the 2000s squads under coach Glen Mason including the first 10-win season in nearly a century in 2003.
Now, Ellerson can be found helping guide the next generation of students coming through the doors of Richfield High School as the new activities director as of July 1.
Ellerson takes over for Dave Boie, who is returning to the classroom as a science teacher at Richfield High School after five years of orchestrating the activities department. This will be Boies’ 25th year in education and he plans to enjoy the vantage point from the stands, cheering on the red and white.
Ellerson’s path to Richfield began in Osseo where he worked with discipline and student services at the high school before deciding to pursue an administrative position. Osseo High School Activities Director Bill Quan helped mentor Ellerson over 3-1/2 years, helping him learn the nuances about what goes into a successful activities department. “He let me look over his shoulder,” Ellerson said, crediting administrative assistant Megan McDonough with a lot of support. “They wanted me to go down the assistant principal path but I needed to figure out which lane I wanted to pursue. I know this is what I wanted to do and so it came down to getting my foot in the door.”
After three years of applying for vacancies, he landed the opportunity at Apollo ahead of last fall.
At Osseo, Ellerson learned about all of the responsibilities of an AD from scheduling to planning events, supervising games and the logistics to make everything from registration, practice, contests including state tournaments and intra-school events run without disruption for the participants.
Last school year was quite an experience as a first-time AD for Ellerson.
“It was a whirlwind experience, that is for sure,” he said. “I just hit the ground running with all of the things that come to the AD from all directions from coaches, students, families, the community and other stakeholders, the school board and superintendent from shooting emails, phone calls and face-to-face meetings. I get it. You have to prioritize and be able to delegate and work together.”
On top of the administrative requirements, attending upward of seven-nine events a week took some time to adjust to the pace.
“Figuring out the learning curve took the most time and then to have COVID-19 come up during the winter just threw another monkey wrench into the experience,” he said.
Ellerson named activities director at Richfield
Jared Ellerson might be a name familiar to Minnesota Gophers football fans. The receiver was part of the 2000s squads under coach Glen Mason including the first 10-win season in
Go Gophers!!
