Summer is a time
of growth and lush beauty. Flowers are
in bloom. The sun is warmer, days
hotter, and where I live, it is humid.
Still, a nice time to be alive.
Fall is a time
when the earth shows its age. The leaves
on trees change colors, die and fall off the branch. Sweatshirts and jeans replace shorts and
t-shirts. I have to admit that I love
fall a little more than the other seasons.
There is a different tone to the air, a different feel, a brisk
crispness, I think, that doesn’t exist in the other seasons.
I find it
interesting that we begin a school year in the fall. I mean, learning should equate to growth, to
beginning. The beginning of school seems
to be the opposite of the season in which it begins. Interesting to me how that works.
Today, I spoke
to about 500 kids, 400 of which are about to begin high school for the first
time. Nervous laughter. Some quiet.
Most curious. The other 100 or so
were the upper classmen who have been around for several years, who have been
walking the halls of high school for a while, and were in those same seats as
freshmen not too long ago.
I purposely held
the door to the auditorium and greeted parents as they arrived. I’d say things like, “Welcome!” or “Good
morning!” or “Thank you for coming!” I
could tell that several were nervous also.
Others, old vets who have been through this drill before with one of
their older children.
For me, this
year is bittersweet. My youngest is one
of the seniors who has been through it and who is anxious to get moving and get
it done. As a dad, I’m not that anxious,
certainly not as anxious as she is. I
imagine there are other parents in my shoes.
Part of the
natural progression of things, of life.
Ease the child out into the real world, watch them grow, struggle a
little, pick them up when they fall- and they will. They all do.
We all do. Be there to help them
back up and let them know that it’s okay, things will be alright. Let them know that you love them.
Parents
entrusting their children to teachers who will help guide, support, and
mentor. Hopefully love them enough to
help them back up once the kids fall.
And they will. We all have. To let them know it’s okay, things will be
alright. Let them know that they love
them. At least, that they care.
And, as a
principal, I have to tell you that I have some of the very best. They work wonders with kids. Kids enter their rooms and magic happens. You don’t believe in magic? Come to my school and I’ll show you what real
magic looks like. Every day. Hallways, classrooms, parking lot, the
practice field- doesn’t matter where or when.
Magic happens because they care.
So parents,
kids, relax a little. As the commercial
says, “You’re in good hands with . . .” I believe that. We care.
We’ll do our best and when there is a bloody knee or a bruise because of
a fall, someone will be there to help pick them up, to let them know it’s okay,
that things will be alright.
Absolutely. After all, it’s
magic. It’s real and it happens. Something to think about . . .
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