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Back-to-School Notes: Durant Road Middle
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One last message from our faculty and staff that began a new school year on July 7: Durant Road Middle dance instructor Sue Hill writes that after seven years, the rapid turn-around in ending one school year and beginning the next "seems fairly seamless."
The joy I have of that very quick turn-around is during our open houses for each track of students to visit their homeroom teachers, pick up P.E. uniforms, and find out about various needs. As a greeter I got to welcome many new people to Durant and through several conversations I found out that some of the students were very interested to find out what elective they had gotten. When I found out they wanted to take dance and the child found out I was the dance teacher, the smile I received was huge and it seemed to make the whole day just that much better for the child. The impression we make in a very brief time can put the nerves at ease.It is kind of funny to see the kids enter the building with confidence on the first day of school, while the parent is following behind as if to reassure and the child's wishing they had been dropped off five blocks before the school. Welcome to middle school!
We'll be back with more "Back-to-School Notes" when the traditional-calendar schools open on August 25!
Posted by Chip Sudderth at 3:44 PM on July 18, 2008 | Leave Feedback
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