End of the Year?

How is it possible that we could be at the end of the school year?  (Here the school year starts in January and ends at the end of November.)  It seems like yesterday that we were moving the office in order to make another classroom, hiring more teachers, and welcoming over 60 new students.  During the year our enrollment has grown to 135.  We started the year with 3 new teachers, and added another teacher in September.

It has been a great year and we were able to double in size with a minimum of difficulties.  Our parents are very satisfied, pleased, and grateful for the education their children are receiving.  I’m very satisfied, pleased, and grateful for the wonderful teachers we have and the unity of the team.

We expect that our 7^th graders did well on the National Exams.  In other schools, once they finish their special national tests they don’t report back to school until January.  In our case, the 7^th graders don’t want to stay home.  They come every day, doing jobs around the school, helping prepare lunch, and just being present at the school.  Fortunately there are only 10 of those students.

This week the end of term/year tests are being taken.  Next week we will have special activities, with the last full day being on Wednesday.  Then Thursday will be “Open Day.”  This doesn’t mean that the school is opening.  Actually it is closing.  But it means that the classrooms are open for the parents to come with the students to meet the teachers. 

I celebrate the end of the year, the wonderful growth of our school, and the blessing of being part of reaching so many children with quality education, love, and the message of the Good News.