Everyone knows that transitions can be difficult. The disruption to one’s routine, unpredictability, and fear of the unknown can really generate anxiety in a person. The back-to-school transition is many times equal parts excited anticipation and, well, a less than excited emotion.
In the weeks before school begins, teachers are busily preparing their classrooms: moving furniture, stacking books, decorating the walls and bulletin boards, designing seating charts, creating exciting lesson plans, and more! By the time Labor Day weekend rolls around, teachers are pretty tired! However, something really special happens on the first day of school.
The students start streaming toward the front doors of the school with big smiles on their faces, ready to greet old friends and meet new ones, eager to see their new teachers, and find their place in their new classrooms. And those poor, tired teachers are beaming! The school is filled with life and enthusiasm from the students, and teachers respond to it joyfully.
If you have been keeping an eye on our Facebook page, you will notice that our in-house paparazzi has been filling our page with pictures of all the happenings on campus. And you will notice the joy. What a grace filled week it has been!
Adding to the exhilaration is the fact that we have two new saints in the church to celebrate!! Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis are both particularly special saints for young people. Carlo Acutis used the analogy, "When we face the sun, we get a tan... but when we stand before Jesus in the Eucharist, we become saints." Please don’t miss Mrs. Moorehouse’s account (second grade - below) of the elementary prayer assembly and one young scholar’s astute interpretation of Carlo Acutis’ description of Adoration.
At the Transfiguration, Peter said, “Lord, it is good for us to be here.” (Matt 17:4). These words keep repeating themselves in my head. It has been so good to be here this past week. My prayer is that we avail ourselves of the abundant blessings and grace being offered to us, so that at year’s end we may find ourselves transfigured – wiser, kinder, more gracious, and closer to God than ever. That would truly be the best transition of all. - Mrs. Lisa Sweet, Academic Dean