New school year begins.......

What a superb start to the 2011-2012 school year! Four weeks in an everyone is happy and very productive. I do believe it was the easiest opening I can ever remember. The Preschool opening was a small miracle-no crying after the first day or two, both students and their parents. The Primary kids were excited to get into a new routine and enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new ones after the summer. The Elementary classes came back ready to learn and took the month early departure of their teacher, Mrs. Jan Hayes, for maternity leave in stride. Mrs. Fuller stepped right in as their interim teacher and everyone has been making good progress and building a great sense of community. I am easing into retirement slowly as I am now at school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I do, however,call in several times a day on Monday and Friday to check on everyone. All the office staff keeps things running so smoothly and Stacie is a great co-director. Did you know she has taught every grade in our school at one time or another. I am blessed to have her stand in for me...I have every confidence in her ability to do the job. The staff of teachers and specialists this year are awesome and we have so much extracurricular activity going on after school. I predict that this is going to be A VERY GOOD YEAR.