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It is no secret that the students who fill our Lamesa schools’ hallways are our communities’ future, but what may not be as clear to everyone just yet is how bright our future could be. As the principal at North Elementary, I can attest that we have some of the kindest, brightest, hard-working students, and if you were to visit, you are sure always to be greeted, given a smile, a hug, or even a high-five. Once greeted, you would see the collective learning efforts in each and every classroom. From 3rd grade, working on making inferences and proving them with evidence from the latest story they have read, to 5th-grade math, working on converting fractions to decimals using place value, to PE, working on asking higher-level questions; the goal of all students learning at high levels is pursued with passion by each adult.

In our mind’s eye, most of us old-timers recall taking on life in slow motion when contrasted with today’s starts, stops and swerves now endured by the masses by day and by night. If identified with a fable, we were the turtles, and jet-setters of today are the hares.

(The Pain of Shame- Part 2 of 2)

We are in the ‘amore’ season of the year. Love. Kisses. Hearts. Roses. Romantic cards. Candles. Champagne. A box of chocolates.