Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!!
All week we have been celebrating the outstanding teachers we have here at school and it has been a very positive atmosphere everywhere around campus. It was great to see so many of you sitting outside enjoying your food and a little sunshine at lunch today. There were smiles, laughter, and good feelings all around…a great way to finish off a terrific week 🙂
Right across from my office is a HUGE thank you note from all of the Middle School students to you for being so awesome. The notes and messages on that big yellow paper are inspiring. For all of those days that your students come and go without a word of thanks, it only seems to take that one bit of appreciation to strengthen the fire. This week of celebration and thanks couldn’t have come at a better time.
As the weather begins to turn and we come off of such a great week, enjoy your weekend! We’ve got two weeks left and then we are on Spring Break…before you know it we’ll be on China Trips and shortly after that we’ll watch our students leave us for the summer. If there is one message I could give to our kids at this point in the year it would be to cherish these last few months with your friends and teachers. For many of them, and us, there will be tears and hugs at the end of the year as they go in separate directions. Enjoy your time with your students and colleagues, they’re all wonderful people (even that kid, you know, the one who you just thought about…the one who might drive you up the wall most days…even them, they’re pretty cool too when you stop to think about it!)
I’m a big sports person, I grew up playing all sorts of sports and enjoyed coaching even more…I LOVE sports! One of the all-time greatest coaches (at least in basketball) was John Wooden. He coached at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) where he helped them win 10 national championships in 12 years, including 7 in a row. At one point his team won 88 straight games. No doubt he had some of the best players in the nation BUT he was still renowned as one of the greatest teachers of the game ever. Anyway, I want to leave you with a quote from Coach Wooden, he understood just how important all of you are to our students and the future. He nailed it when he said:
“I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.” – John Wooden
Thank you all for being so awesome for our students, no one can say it enough…you’re all incredible and you change the lives of our students every single day!!
Pushing Forward 