Good Morning.

 

This will be my last post of the school year, so let me start by saying congratulations.  You have completed your Junior year of high school.  It has not been easy for a number of obvious reasons and, I am sure, for some personal reasons as well.  Nevertheless, you have persevered and grown as students and as people.  This is a great accomplishment, and for that, again, I congratulate you.

 

I also want to thank you.  It has been my great pleasure and honor to work with you.  You have opened yourselves up and made yourselves vulnerable.  You have worked through challenges even when you were frustrated or tired or bored or all of those things at the same time.  You have shared your voices and listened to the voices of others.  And you have done all of those things with courtesy, respect, and (usually) a smile on your face.  That is not always easy to do, and for that, again, I thank you.

 

I am excited to see where your journeys take you.  Please remember that you have a voice that nobody in the history of the world will ever be able to duplicate.  Understand the immeasurable value of that.  I will miss you, but I will feel a lot better knowing that the world reflects your beautiful, unique light.  SHINE IT!!!!

 

With gratitude,

 

Mr. Hall