Letter from the Principal

May 10, 2017

Dear Parents/Guardians:

You certainly do not need a letter from me to tell you that it’s May and we are nearing the end of the school year. You already know this. You have teenagers in your life. 

Embrace the end of the school year activities, events and projects. Enjoy the last concerts, games and celebrations. Celebrate your student. 

Be assured that we also care about your daughters and sons. We are there to encourage, celebrate and guide them right along side of you. I realize this time of year is busy and can often feel exhausting.  I encourage you to be present for your students, no matter how busy or overwhelmed you may feel. Your son or daughter will appreciate it, particularly if you will soon be saying goodbye to a graduating senior. It’s also important to continue to hold your teenagers to high standards. While it can be easy to lose patience or give up when they don’t meet your expectations, they rely on you to parent them. Even though they may not say it, they do appreciate you.

I can speak for our faculty and staff, we will miss our graduating seniors and their parents, so these days are precious to us as well. For seniors, this time of year is certainly exciting. It can also be scary. They are leaving a world they have known for eighteen years to enter a whole new stage of life. This experience is different for each student. Some students will become sentimental and appreciative.  Others will rebel. Some will want to spend every last minute with family and friends. Others will start to push everyone away. Some will continue to do well in school. Others will disengage. Some will follow all the rules. Others will make up their own. While it is all ‘normal,’ this is a time of great transition in their life.   

Please keep our seniors (and our families) in your prayers. While the end is near, there is a really good reason we call our final celebration ‘commencement.’  As much as we have come to know, respect and enjoy these students, we are proud to launch them into the next phase of their lives with hopeful enthusiasm and the confidence that they have been well-prepared.

Check out our next issue of Communicator in June – we will be reporting on so many of the honors and awards that our students have attained this year. The accomplishments of our students are many and we look forward to celebrating the final stretch of the school year in ways that honor their hard work and various accomplishments. 

Again, thank you for allowing us to partner with you to give your students the best high school education we can!  Enjoy these beautiful May days!

Mona