(June 2022) Congratulations to all our students, staff, and their families! You survived the most tumultuous year in education in the past century! Thank you to our students for your resiliency and perseverance through these difficult days. We are so proud of each of you.
Many people have contributed to your success and we want to recognize and thank them. Your teachers, administrators, support staff, mentors, coaches, community partners, parents, guardians, and extended family, we thank you for investing in, challenging, and supporting our students this year. You have gone to extraordinary measures to engage, re-engage, and care for each student in meaningful ways, not only for meeting their scholastic needs but also for recognizing their mental health and well-being needs.
The past 2 years have been difficult for all of us, yet we must not forget the many lessons learned when all was stripped away. What did we take for granted? What did we truly value? What did we miss the most? Likely our relationships—our family, our friends, that special teacher, that encouraging coach, the custodian who always says hello, or the secretary or EA who just knows when you were having a tough day. Those special people who encourage and support us every day. Be that person to someone else.
Be Grateful. In many places around the world, an education like you receive is a privilege, not a right. Recognize with gratitude the many freedoms and blessings you enjoy each day in your home, school, and community.
Congratulations to our graduates! You made it and we are so thankful to get to celebrate your accomplishments in-person this year. To our High School grads, as you move on to new experiences, commit to being lifelong learners whether going on to post-secondary education or not. Enjoy each moment, savour the simple things, value the relationships you make along the way, take time for others. We are so proud of the Confident Learners and Caring Citizens you have become.
To all our students, staff and families, enjoy a safe and restful summer!