We go to the break not quite having finished the first semester. At the end of January we will have got to the halfway mark of the 2020-2021 academic year.
As a New Zealander who watches a lot of rugby, I am very familiar with ‘a game of two halves’ as a cliché to describe a game in which fortunes turn after halftime.
For a rugby fan, there is nothing more thrilling than when your team has struggled through to halftime and, having fought hard enough to stay in the game, finishes strongly and wins in the end. These are the games that you remember and people talk about for years to come.
All of us – students, families, faculty, and staff – have had to struggle through a lot of change and uncertainty up to this point in the year. I am very proud of the way that we have all supported each other. We have focused on what we knew we could control and worked together to deal with circumstances that we were not sure we could deal with until we did.
It would be foolish to assume that the second half of the year will be easier than the first. But on June 16 I think we will look back on the 2020-2021 school year as a year of two halves. And as difficult as it was, it will be what we did in the first half that we will remember with the greatest pride.
On behalf of us all in the Elementary School, thank you for your support and we look forward to working with you and your children in the second half of this year like no other.
School starts again on Monday, January 11, 2021.
Elementary School Blog – June 4, 2021
It goes without saying that this has been a very challenging year. We did a lot of things right. We also discovered that we could do a lot of things differently.
Elementary School Blog – May 28, 2021
This week, I thought that I would share with you a fun resource that some of our students are enjoying. It is called Freerice.
Elementary School Blog – May 21, 2021
A New Zealand story about an 82 year old retiree earning his PhD 60 years after graduating with his first degree got me thinking last week.
Elementary School Blog – May 7, 2021
Students need to know that comparing their lives to others will not bring as much happiness as contributing to the lives of others.
Elementary School Blog – April 30, 2021
Even reputable and more traditional media outlets seem to focus more on the mistakes people make rather than what people achieve. Why?
Elementary School Blog – April 9, 2021
This week we celebrated Ms. Delphine’s 40+ year connection with ISY. You will know Ms. Delphine from the Elementary School office where she has served our community for 26 years.
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