Happy NEW Year!

The air is tingling with excitement inside Captain.  We are gearing up for the new school year, and I have to tell you honestly that the teachers are busting with anticipation for our families to arrive.  I hope that you are as excited as we are get this year underway! 

There are some things at Captain that are different this year.  We have a new fifth grade teacher, Mrs. McGaughey, who is wonderful.  I can't wait for you to meet her and get to know what a fantastic fit she is for our school.  We have a new principal, Dr. Martin, who is equally wonderful and ready to take us to new heights - literally and figuratively!  The teachers and staff went to a climbing gym together and we all pushed ourselves to climb up as high as we could.  It was such fun!

Mrs. Carter (first grade) and Me Posing on the Rock Wall

The real truth is that each school year everything is new.  We sometimes tell ourselves that we are comfortable with what is the same - the friends we know, the teachers we know, the things we feel are our strengths - so that we can have an easier start.  Actually, it's all new.  Each day is new.  You are a new student.  I am a new teacher.  Experience helps us approach the newness and make good choices, but what fun it is to realize that we get to start again and make of it, whatever "it" may be, exactly what we really want. 

So, enjoy the newness!  I can't wait to meet you and get to know you better as we embark on this year of learning together!  If I don't see you Tuesday at Meet the Teacher, I look forward to seeing you Wednesday on the first day of school. 

Happy NEW Year!