Thoughtful Thursday: Last School Day for Students

Today ends our school year.  The fifth graders are off to middle school. They have been a class that has grown a lot since their first day in kindergarten.  They challenged us, kept us all on our toes, and yet, there is something about them that I will miss. I want to see many of them as adults.  There is so much potential if these students will make the right choices.

Many found out in second grade that life is not fair.  In second grade, this class lost a class mate by dog mauling.  That life changing day is with them still as clear as the day it happened. 

I talked with a fifth grade class about it recently. Many feel they are leaving their class mate behind, that he will always be in second grade.  I walked through the memorial garden, noticing that someone had placed two roses on the rock with a plaque in his memory.

I hope they will come back to visit. I want to know what happens to them. What choices will they make a long the way?

It is summer. It is time to read.

Happy Reading.

MsMac