Every year there are unique days in a calendar. There are holidays, birthdays, anniversaries positive and sad memories. For our students, there are many events on special days: first day, last day, dances, prom, driver's license attainment, games, rehearsals, performances, contests, dates, and graduation. There is a date that seems to change everything very quickly. This date changes everything. This date profoundly impacts perspective.......the date is May 1st.
May 1st suddenly makes the finality of a school year immediate, sudden, jarring and eye opening. The writing of 5/1/19 or looking at your phone for time with Wednesday, May 1 appearing creates a whole new look at time. There was a new anxiousness and relief with this date for our campus on Wednesday. STAAR and AP testing loom suddenly for they begin next week. May 1st is also National College Signing day which means seniors throughout the country display their post-high school choices with t-shirts and signing of the banner. Summer is less than 30 days away for all our students. Three classes of students prepare and reflect for a move up at WHS while our seniors gear up for a radical experience of university life, gap year, or workforce endeavors. I truly wish I had tallied the number of times I heard "I can't believe it is May. " That was followed by a brief but intense rundown of things to be accomplished in the next month by students, teachers, and parents. We have settled back down into more of a normal groove, but Wednesday was something else!
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May 2019
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