Dear Parents and Guardians:
Welcome Back! It is hard to imagine that another school year is upon us. I hope that you are as thrilled as I am to see what this year has to offer. We have been planning many exciting activities to ignite your children’s creativity and to keep them moving forward.
As a parent, teacher, and principal, I never tire of seeing a child smile when he or she proudly says, “I did it”! Our focus this year, as in the past, is to teach our children to keep trying despite mistakes or personal misgivings. It is our sincere wish that every child has enough grit to deal with life’s challenges and to flourish.
With this mission in mind, we are going to stress solving problems creatively and powering through mistakes. Recently, members of our faculty attended a workshop called, creatED sponsored by Crayola. The focus of the program was to show educators ways to build creative capacity school-wide. We look forward to implementing their ideas.
In addition, we will be looking at famous people who did not always have a smooth pathway to success. Have you heard of Richard James? He was a naval engineer who had great difficulty repairing a ship with a special spring. Although the spring he was using did not work on the ship, he (and his wife) came up with an alternate use for the spring - the Slinky! Now, that took creativity and grit!
School begins on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Mr. Ramani, Mr. Diaz, Mr. Gibson and Ms. Dias worked tirelessly this past summer and the building is in tip- top shape! We will begin school with several new staff members and families as well as a new kindergarten class. These children will be part of the Livingston High School Class of 2031! Additional information regarding the opening of school will be emailed over the next week.
In closing, please allow me to share with you the words of the great master artist, Pablo Picasso. He said, “When I haven’t any blue, I use red.” That says it all. Whatever the color, let us take a page off his sketchbook and create a portrait of success for our children so that we may experience more of those “I did it” smiles.
Warmly,
Mrs. Healy
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