Back to school!

Our staff have been here these last few days and weeks busily cleaning, making materials, schedules, calling families all in preparation for the return of our students tomorrow morning. Its back to school! With some moves among our staff to work with different children in new classrooms, there is an infusion of excitement and energy. And though we've only been gone for 3 weeks, for some of the parents, its been a LONG time - much longer than the calendar indicates! A few have stopped by in the last couple of days and mentioned their not-so-silent anxious anticipation for the school year to get started.

I think most schools and their teachers look at the beginning of the school year the way the rest of the world looks at New Year's. We set goals, make resolutions, expect improvement and plan, plan, plan! We are determined to work harder to get it right and aim for what's best. We look forward to the coming year with new ideas, better ways to achieve our goals, and excitement of re-connecting with our students and meeting the new ones.

The rooms have been scrubbed, things tossed or re-arranged and organized, staff have been briefed, files read, parents called, buses lined up - and I think we're ready!