One Page to Go

I’ve got a printout of the Henley slide schedule tacked to the bulletin board in my office. It takes up three pages to list out the schedule for each day of the school year. This past Tuesday marked a big milestone for the year—the first two pages are done and we’ve got one page of the slide to go this school year. Man does time fly. This year has been a busy one, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. We’ve got four weeks to go until Spring Break, and then things get even faster as we make that final push toward the end of the year. I’m always reminded at this time of year just how important each and every school day is for us and for our kids. We really don’t have any time to waste, especially in a year when we’ve missed so many days due to weather. I know that it can be hard to keep students' motivation up during this time of year, but it is crucially important that we do whatever it takes to keep them moving in the right direction so that they can maximize their learning in the time that we have left.  Each day we strive to make our students stronger learners, stronger thinkers, better collaborators and better communicators.  We hope that the skills we are trying to instill will take them far as they become the leaders and the innovators of our next generation.  So let's strive to keep their motivation high, to celebrate all of their success, and to make the best use of the time we have remaining this year--we'll be running out of it before we know it.