3 End-of-the-School-Year Reminders
by William Parker • • 0 Comments
Last Saturday I drove my daughter to the local lake dam spillway to meet her teammates for a weekend track workout. After twenty minutes of warm-up running on the grassy path to the spillway and back, they lined up for drills. These included 12 sprints up an intimidatingly steep grassy incline to practice increasing speed.
It was a joy to watch all of the students working hard and pushing themselves. As they neared their tenth sprint drill, their legs began shaking, their shirts were lined with sweat, and their chests heaved with every breath. Their movement was a mass of arms pumping, legs kicking up the hill, bending over to catch a breath, standing up tall before making the climb down to run up again.
One upperclassman who is known for excelling in running, began talking to himself. “I am going to break the school record this year. This is where I come to become great!” The young man’s voice echoed off the grassy hill, and his teammates alternately laughed, gasped for air, or ignored him. “This is where I come to become great! This IS where I come to become GREAT!”
Perspective Check
This is the time of year where I am reminded that we have almost reached our end of the school year “race”. When you 3 End-of-the-School-Year Reminders | Connected Principals:
This is the time of year where I am reminded that we have almost reached our end of the school year “race”. When you 3 End-of-the-School-Year Reminders | Connected Principals: