It does not seem possible that tomorrow we will begin the last full week of this school year; wasn't it just yesterday that we were incorporating and designing a logo? The time really has flown by quickly and although a part of me is ready to have a break where I can sleep until 8:00 am, another part of me is sad to think that I will not see these children and our terrific staff each day!
Last week I spent some time writing a year in review newsletter for our Board and I was a little overwhelmed with all we have done! I know that some prospective parents who like what they see when they visit our school are still hesitant because they feel we are too small to meet all of their child's needs. While I certainly respect the opinion of parents, I don't think I agree with that sentiment--our students lacked for little this year! In addition to providing an incredibly rich learning environment, we had a couple of field trips, a visit from the Mobile Science Lab and a couple of guest speakers, had school pictures, a Thanksgiving Feast, a couple of class parties, did two charitable events, entered a float in the Cumming Christmas parade, and re-enacted a Passover Seder, to name a few things!!
Our goals for the year were simple--we wanted the children to feel good about their ability to learn and to like coming to school. By the grace of God we reached those goals and surpassed them! The children did learn and for the most part they improved their attitudes and their self esteem. Some of them greatly surpassed the expected academic goals for their age. We want to finish well and look to the future to see what God has planned for us next year.
Our fence is finally up and the in-house cameras are functioning well. We are interviewing for our additional teacher and have enrolled two new students for next year, with several other appointments this week. We are still awaiting our 501 c 3 status and will need to change our accreditation agency, so there is work to be done, but as always we trust that God will lead and will provide. We appreciate your continued prayers and will try to get to the blog more often.
