HIGHLIGHTS: You, You, and You.
It was never fair: some of us grow up with so much and some with so little. Sure, it matters which neighborhoods we grew up in and it matters how much money we had for summer vacation, but the real metric separating the haves and the have-nots isn’t monetary; it’s parenting. Our beliefs and our lives were shaped by the standards set by our parents’ words and actions, and often its our memories of them and their love that continue to inspire us to keep pushing when things gets tough. Everything good in me I got from my mother, and I shudder at the thought of what I would’ve become if I, like many of the children we teach, never had a saint at home.
It’s absolutely not fair that many teachers today have to also be parents for their students, but it’s even more unfair for some children to have to grow up without one.
Thank you all for doing whatever necessary for children who deserve nothing less. You are all incredible people and I’m certain that the work you do as teachers and as parents to your own children will inspire everyone around you to do better and to do more.
Happy Mother’s Day! It makes perfect sense that we celebrate mothers on the last day of Teacher Appreciation Week. Love is the most important lesson we can ever learn and no one can teach that better than a mother.
Things You Need to Know:
Parent Night is this Thursday evening and Mr. Borelli will be sending out a memo Monday with more information. I will be creating a brief slide-show presentations for teachers to use to introduce our new programs next year, and please check in with the APs should you anticipate questions from parents you do not have clear answers to.
Promotion decisions will have to be made soon and I will send out a memo later this week to give clearer guidelines on promotion requirements for each grade. Non-promotion should never be a surprise for parents: please speak with your AP if this is a concern.
5/21 Carnival is coming together and our teachers are creating awesome games for students to enjoy. Please remember to log daily whether each of your students have earned a carnival game ticket. Submit your completed log to the main office by 5/19 and we will give you the carnival game tickets to distribute the following day.
Career Day is on schedule for this Friday. Thank you guidance for leading this work and it’s going to be a fun way to close a busy week.
Dogs: The two starving pups we picked up some time ago have now been adopted together. Thank you to everyone who contributed, whether it’s just asking around or doing a bake sale. The lives of these dogs went from 0 to 100 real quick–love wins again.
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