Welcome back from Spring Break, everyone! I hope that you add had a wonderful relaxing
week with your families and that you are ready to get back to school for the
final nine weeks of school. This past
marking period has been an incredibly busy time at Henley Middle School. We have seen our students achieve at high
levels in both the science fair and in National History Day, eighth graders
completed their SOL writing test, our parks and rec sponsored volleyball team
brought home another championship, we hosted student/faculty basketball and
volleyball games, parents filled the building for our annual Expo Night and
Talent Show, and, oh yeah, we missed a couple of days due to snow. Time flies when you’re having fun!
Things probably won’t be slowing down too much as we push
our way toward the end of the school year.
Just in the next few weeks we’ll have activity period, our last
school-wide dance of the year, marching band season begins with the Dogwood
Parade, our SOL testing really gets rolling in May and spring sports are in
full swing for many of our kids. Busy
times, indeed.
When life gets as busy as it is now, I always encourage
parents to take some time to ensure that we aren’t overloading our kids. Above all, my goal at Henley is to have a school
filled with happy, healthy kids. That
usually can’t happen when a student’s day is scheduled to the minute. School work and extracurricular activities
are important, but so is down time that is unstructured and lets our kids
decide what they want to do. I encourage
you all to strive to find that balance.
This school year has been a great one so far. We’ve got such wonderful, talented students
and teachers at Henley that it makes coming to work each day a breeze. Enjoy the spring weather and the final weeks
of the school year. June 12 will be here
before you know it and we’ll all be moving on to high school or our next grade
at Henley. Enjoy it, work hard and be
sure to take time to stop and smell the roses.
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