School's out - Youpi!

It's been one roller coaster of a year but now that it's done I can take a few days to decompress.  Once upon a time we would say that the school year is winding down.  Now we say it's the mad dash to the finish line!  Rush, rush, rush!  Get the exams corrected, the marks tabulated, the report cards submitted, the classrooms cleaned up the paperwork finished! 

With all this brou ha ha, it's easy to get sidetracked.  Despite that, we should try to take time to do the little things that give people a lift and brighten their day.  I  like to thank the people who keep me going all year - the maintenance people, the janitors, the secretaries...  They are called SUPPORT staff for a reason! Without them, we couldn't possibly do our jobs as well.  That's why God invented Tim's and beautiful greenhouses - as a way of expressing how much we appreciate others. 

We also say good-bye to our students each year, most moving on to another grade and many going on to the high school.  They rush out or linger a little depending on their circumstance... some with big grins, others blinking back tears. Mixed emotions surge forward when they have to part from school friends for the summer - and at 12 or 13 friends are sooooo important!

But these are all rites of passage.  The cycling seasons, the lazy (or crazy) summer days.  Summertime - time for  relaxing or completing projects.... Whether you are golfing or gardening, traveling or studying,  making new friends or spending time with family - be safe, be happy, be kind to each other!   

Time Capsules

Hey there, it’s been awhile!  It’s been a whirlwind since the Easter Break began.  Convention 2011 was a big event for me, keeping me busy before, during and after.  As soon as I landed back in Goose Bay, it was right back to school and we haven’t slacked since!

One highlight for me in May month was the Mealy Mountain Safe Grad!  The Grade Six  class of 2004-2005 at Queen of Peace School prepared “des capsules historiques” as a project in their Core French classes.  When we did them, we didn’t want to open them right away.  It seemed better to have a significant amount of time elapse before opening these “time capsules”.  So, I promised to keep them and bring them to safe-grad when they graduated high school.  Off and on through the years a student would come up to me and say “Miss, do you remember the time-capsules we did?  Do you still have them?”  I would always repeat my promise.

 I haven’t seen many students since that night but I hear they got a charge out of them.  What seemed so important as a twelve year old was hilarious at seventeen!  Other things, photos, momentos, cd’s and letters provided a sentimental look back for these young men and women on the threshold of adulthood. 

Congrats to all of the graduating class of 2011!