Our kindergarten celebrated their 100th day of school last week and I am in awe of our school’s busy calendar midyear. Parents and teachers raising money and running marathons for the playing field, books, technology; collecting boxtops for end of year field trips; parents and teachers lobbying politicians to increase the BPS budget, and the launch of an impressive email campaign to address recent budget cuts.
Our calendar is marked with meetings, this morning’s Kindergarten dance performance and fundraisers like the Silent Auction later this month. We rarely head off to school without an extra bag of toilet paper rolls for Mrs. Drakes recycled art projects, boxtops from our cereal for Mr. Righini or outgrown clothing for the uniform exchange. I am tired just looking at all that is going on and making dinner and helping with homework isn’t even on the calendar!
One strength of a large diverse school is that we have the numbers to engage in a lot of initiatives and leverage all of our individual strengths. In short, I don’t have to do it all. Whew! You don’t have to do it all either, but it does all fall apart if you do nothing. I encourage all of you to look for your place(s) in our school community. Find something that is of particular importance to you or your child. When you put your efforts towards something you truly care about then I hope you will find (as I have) that the experience is energizing and rewarding instead of feeling like another thing you have to fit into your day.
If building school community is of particular interest to you, I invite you to join us next Tuesday, March 11th to continue our discussion about Circle Practices. At 9 AM we will meet with the 6th grade teachers in in Ms. Beadrault’s room #211 and at 10 AM we will meet with the 8th grade teachers in Mr. Melzer’s room #219. The feedback we receive from the teaching staff will help shape how we bring Circle practices back into our school.
We welcome you to join us for whatever time you have Tuesday morning. If you can’t make either meeting please contact Curley teacher Linda Solomon-Key for other ways to get involved.
