As the beginning of summer approaches, marked not so much by the June 21 date on the calendar as by this Memorial Day weekend, we have spent a little time at our house decorating. My daughter was helping me put out the red, white, and blue flowers, the stars and stripes table runners, and several other nick knacks I always bring out at this time, she said, "Mom, why do you do this?" It reminded me that patriotism is not automatic--we must teach it to our children and take every opportunity to remind them of our Christian heritage as well as the fact that while we are at the pool and enjoying a picnic this weekend, men and women, many only babes themselves, are across the ocean fighting for our freedom.
My dad served in WWII and rarely talked about the atrocities he witnessed, he made sure we knew to stand at attention and salute the flag whenever it passed and to hold our hand over our hearts when we were at a public gathering and the national anthem was played. Not too many people do that anymore and it is very sad. We must certainly teach the facts of history but we must also instill the pride and passion on which our nation was founded.
This week as I have talked to several parents about enrolling their children in our school, I had the opportunity to discuss parts of our curriculum, I was thankful to be able to tell them that in addition to all of the wonderful Montessori materials we have to teach Math, Language, Science, Geography, and History, we will also teach Bible and patriotism!
A little school update: yes we have talked with several parents and have enrolled some boys and girls this week. Some of the students will benefit from the SB10 scholarship fund and some have been home schooled and will need some divine intervention to help with tuition. We are telling everyone we know who lives in GA about the tax credit which is a win-win for the donor will certainly help our scholarship fund for all our students. It is our prayer that every student who want to enroll will be able to do so.
Please do continue to pray for God to send us the students He wants to be with us and for Him to fill our school with those 21 children by the end of June. God reminds me almost daily, that He is in control and that He is working things out in His time, but I am still impatient! Your prayers are greatly appreciated!
I also met with the contractor and discussed the additional bathroom and petition we need to have. Of course it will cost more than we had budgeted, but we are hoping to be under contract and have him
begin pulling the permits by the middle of June. We take possession of space July 1 and hope to have all the renovations completed by July 10 so we can set up the classroom! We finalized the order for the furniture and will lace the order in time for everything to arrive about July 10 also.
I hope you have a wonderful and safe weekend. I hope you have time with family and friends, and I hope you take some time to remember why this is Memorial Day.
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