Ashley Kappelmann is entering her third year as the principal of Liberal High School in Liberal, KS, her 20th year in education.  A graduate of Kansas State University, Kappelmann began her service in education as an English and Journalism teacher.  She has also served as an instructional coach and assistant principal.  Before becoming the head principal of Liberal High School, Kappelmann was named the 2017-2018 Area VI Assistant Principal of the Year by the Kansas -Association of Secondary School Principals.  In 2017, she and a team of teachers from Liberal High presented “PLC Showcases: Boosting PLC’s to Ensure Individual Growth” at both the National Title I Conference in Long Beach, CA and the New Hampshire Educators’ Summer Summit in Durham, NH.  Under her leadership in 2017, the school was selected by the Kansas Department of Education as a Mercury 7 Redesign School.  The redesign project challenged an elementary and secondary school from seven school districts to re-imagine the way they educate and prepare students..  While the team at Liberal High School was able to fulfill the challenge of implementing their plan in one year, Kappelmann and her team continue to develop their plan in an effort to provide their students with the “Angry Red Advantage”.