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 awesome job at genuinely acknowledging the work you do. We are quick to call with a problem and can be dismissive of your instincts and expertise. We have also been known to be disingenuous in asking for help and not really making you a partner in the solution.
It is easy for schools to forget that kids come to us from their families, and even though they spend long hours with us and we matter to them, we understand less, rank lower and are sometimes less tolerant of the people they need to be.
"In every conceivable way, the family is the link to our past, bridge to our future." Thank you for making school and those of us who are part of the school a part of that link and a piece of the bridge.
So whether you are the mama, the dad, the uncle, the grandmom, the sibling, the nephew, the auntie or the friend who counts as family, thank you. Thank you for making us a part of the magic that is your family, for trusting us with your person, for forgiving us when me make mistakes and for planting those many seeds of love in your kid that we get to see each and every day.
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 awesome job at genuinely acknowledging the work you do. We are quick to call with a problem and can be dismissive of your instincts and expertise. We have also been known to be disingenuous in asking for help and not really making you a partner in the solution.
It is easy for schools to forget that kids come to us from their families, and even though they spend long hours with us and we matter to them, we understand less, rank lower and are sometimes less tolerant of the people they need to be.
"In every conceivable way, the family is the link to our past, bridge to our future." Thank you for making school and those of us who are part of the school a part of that link and a piece of the bridge.
So whether you are the mama, the dad, the uncle, the grandmom, the sibling, the nephew, the auntie or the friend who counts as family, thank you. Thank you for making us a part of the magic that is your family, for trusting us with your person, for forgiving us when me make mistakes and for planting those many seeds of love in your kid that we get to see each and every day.
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