Greenville Water bought tickets for its employees to watch a Greenville Drive baseball game. It was all going along like a normal baseball game (hype man, mascot, etc.) and then it came time for the national anthem. The announce explained that the young lady who’d be singing it was already an accomplished artist, performing as Annie in Annie and several other leading roles. He explained that she would begin her studies shortly at Boston Conservatory and asked us to give a warm welcome to AW.

“AW?!” I exclaimed, turning to K. “She was my student!”

After she sang, of course, I spoke with her. We talked about how wonderful Boston is, how her fellow students from her class were doing, and then I told her, “You probably don’t know this, but I’m not teaching at Hughes anymore.”

“I know,” she said with a grin. “Gossip travels fast at Greenville High.”