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A Love Letter to Families

Dear Families, Thank you for getting your kid to school each day. Without them, we'd have no reason to show up and do what we love. Thank you for teaching them to be kind, to ask questions and to do the right things. You'll be pleased to learn that most of the time, they do. Thank you for helping them with the projects and questions that they are too afraid to ask others or that we run out of time to work on. Your ideas and input deepen the learning and make it more real. Thank you for sending in treats when they and their classmates are hungry. And thank you for celebrating their big moments with us - first days, performances, Senior Nights and birthdays. It is a privilege for us to make the photos that will one day be family relics. Thank you for holding kids accountable for the things they do and for helping them move beyond their mistakes. And thank you for reminding us that they are beloved, even when the mistakes are large. I know that schools don't do an