Today is a day of passage, a last day for many of our GS kids. It's always sad to see the children we've taught and love leave the school, but isn't that the whole point?
"Take a child from where ever he is as far as he can go," is the direction we work for. So where was he when he started and where is he on his launching day?
The question the teachers will ask today is how far did I take that child?
I love what Edith said a few days ago, "They walk in like little lambs, and they walk out like the Devil wears Prada."
It's a wonderful and exciting world to live in when a child has a little moxie, a little spirit, some knowledge to back that up, some dignity and some creativity to hold up the rest.
Yesterday Austin felt the loss and he spent the day thanking me for everything we did for him.
The older girls decided to scrub out the dress up section just because they could.
Ty earned lots of treats yesterday buttoning his lip and picking up after the little guys.
And so went the day.
Yesterday we had a lovely young couple come in with a three year old who will start school in September. She's just darling. I always look at where they begin and wonder what they will be like three years later.
Together with the parents, it's a team teaching effort. Discovery and awakening is what every teacher hopes to contribute, but you have to have the place. The GS is small, but it's set up to encourage knowing in small bites and small doses.
This year is beginning unlike a lot of other years. We have a team teaching effort that is going to be spectacular.
So today we launch the ones who have been with us and who are off to new starts, new beginnings, and new places. These children will leave the GS as friends. There have been a lot of words exchanged over the years, lots of laughter, lots of oops, lots of get a grip, "use your brain," and "Miss Judy, you're in time out." How long can I stay there?
It's not a sad time; it's a joyful time. God's speed - He's still in the safety zone.
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