The Places We’ll Go

Originally Published August 2019

Dr. Seuss wrote a wonderful book entitled, Oh, The Places You’ll Go. It’s a tale of life’s journey through adventures, successes, failures, mountains, valleys, and everything in between. It’s a book that is often given as a graduation present. In fact, both of my children received a copy when they graduated from high school.

But I don’t think the great places we’ll go are only in the future...after graduation. I think that the journey is now.

“Congratulations!  

Today is your day.

You’re off to Great Places!

You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself

Any direction you choose.”

We begin every academic year with anticipation of a great year of learning for our students...  And that learning will take us to so many places.

We will read and travel to Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. We will study history and walk the beaches of Normandy and witness the signing of the Declaration of Independence. We will experiment and understand chemical reactions. We will sing and play music that tells a story and exposes emotion. We will paint, mold, and draw revealing thoughts, ideas, and feelings that take us to real and imagined places. We will solve problems with mathematical concepts that allow us to walk the Golden Gate bridge.  

We will sometimes have questions, and we will sometimes get confused. 

But...

We will learn, and we will grow. 

And oh, the places we’ll go!

Have a great year!