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This past
Friday I was driving home through the streets of Hilton. It was a beautiful day, warm temperatures, a
slight breeze, people out and about the streets, when something caught my
eye.
I looked to my left and noticed a
student from Village, walking with a cane, and an aide behind him. I recognized him and I’m sure you’ll know who
I’m talking about. I looked closer and
noticed that he was walking up steps into Mainly Books.
Witnessing this student’s courage,
discipline, hard work, and determination as he made his way into a bookstore
made me proud of him, and our school community.
Who may have known this was possible years ago as he began his education
in Hilton.
Education is working, just take a
look at this example. We all have a
student or students that need more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. What will produce confidence, sense of self,
a love for others, and a feeling that I belong, enriches our community and we
strive for this every day.
As you close out the year, when the
temperatures got hotter, the assessments come fast and furious, reflect on that
student walking into Mainly Books. He
succeeds because of a strong family structure, and that includes you Village.
The measure of what we do is in the
efforts and successes like stories of this student. And when you’re exhausted both physically and
emotionally on that last day of school, lining up for the goodbye wave, wearing
sunglasses to hide puffy eyes, hugging and high fiving kids for the last time,
savor the moment. As the students drive
away, think of the journey that we are guiding them through, and they are our
inspiration to carry on.
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