Notes from Paula and Marianne
May, 2015
Important Dates
- Volleyball Invitational
- Graduation Pictures
May 8
- Prom
- Special Olympics Walk & Roll
May 13-14
- VSA
May 15
- Special Olympics Area Track and Field
May 19-20
- Mobile Dentist
May 21
- Adult Camp
May 25
- No School - Memorial Day
May 28-30
- Special Olympics State Summer Games
May 29
- PBIS Assembly
May 28-30
- Special Olympics State Summer Games
June 2
- Graduation
June 10
- Last Day for Students
Camp Teacher Survey Forms
DUE DATES
May 22nd - Optional written rebuttals and electronic signatures due
I rode my mountain bike the other day with my three year old son in the child's seat. As we rode along the edge of the TPC golf course we noticed a boy running up and down these three little hills on the edge of the golf course. I knew what was coming next. My son said "Daddy, I want to run up the hill." So, I stopped the bike, helped him get out of the seat and said, "Go ahead and climb that hill."
He stood at the bottom looking at the hill. To him I could tell it seemed like a mountain. He started up the hill but then stopped. His momentum could not carry him up the hill. It was pretty steep and he looked nervous and scared. I wasn't sure if he would be able to climb it and neither was he. Then I said, "step back and then run up it," so he did fearlessly.
When he reached the top his face beamed with pride. He just stood there looking at the view from the top; his view and perspective changed by a few seconds and a climb up a little mountain.
From the look on his face, which I will never forget, I could tell his confidence was at an all time high. He proceeded to run up and down the three little hills like a human roller-coaster. When he reached the bottom of the third hill we walked back to the bike and went on our way.
I realized at that moment why we all need to climb a mountain every now and then. When we climb mountains, face challenges, hurdle obstacles and learn from difficult situations we are reminded that we have the strength and power to overcome life's challenges.
At first even a little mountain may seem like a big insurmountable mountain. But when you step back and climb it you realize, "I can do this."
The mountain, no matter how big it is, is no match for your faith and desire to climb it. Mountains are meant to be climbed. Wounds are meant to be healed and problems are meant to become learning experiences. They all serve a purpose. They make us stronger mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
While we often can't control what happens to us we can control how we see and climb the mountains in our life. We can look at mountains as being in the way or as "the way" to growth.
We have a choice. We can stand at the bottom and say, "it's too hard, it's too high and I can't do it" or we can dig down deep and find the very best in ourselves and fearlessly run up it.
-Taken from Jon Gordon's Weekly Newsletter