Let’s Celebrate!
As an extremely difficult school year for all comes to a close, I call everyone together to CELEBRATE.
(key up the Celebration song by Kool and the Gang???)
The end of the year does signal a feeling of “good times” coming…a.k.a. = the summer!
Well, for some maybe. I know many school districts are having summer school to help those students who have a “learning gap” or are somehow considered “behind”.
Many teachers are celebrating because they are leaving the profession all together and don’t have to put up with the stress and unreasonable demands that are causing them poor mental and physical health.
Seniors and their families are celebrating because they have reached a milestone in their educational journey and are graduating from high school.
The etymology of the word celebrate is from Latin celebrare meaning “to assemble to honor and sing praises of”
No matter how teachers, parents, admin, students, districts or anyone else may view this past school year, there is always something to celebrate!
Let’s honor and sing the praises of all the teachers, students, parents and everyone in the educational system for getting through the school year the best way they knew how, with the circumstances and obstacles they faced and with the limited resources of time, money, energy and sometimes support that they received.
Celebrate, honor and praise all the little things that became big things like:
