As the principal, I have a huge announcement. It will have an impact every day on every student for the rest of the year. This BIG CHANGE will impact the freedoms that I have been offering Emerson students for the past 8 years.
I will make the announcement after the dinner (which starts at 5:30); after students sing (they start singing at 6:00); but before the BMX stunt show (6:30); and just before the parents leave to go to the Math Night classes. I apologize in advance for leaving you hanging like this, but I want to make this BIG ANNOUNCEMENT for the first time in front of the teachers, the students and the parents as well.
We all have to make important choices. I hope that you will respect this BIG CHANGE that's coming-and it will probably be good for the school in the long run.
Just in case you missed the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT and you are curious to know more...
ReplyDeleteFor the past 8 years, I have signed off of my morning announcements by saying "Make it a great day or not, the choice is yours!" I have become increasingly convinced that we simply can't give children the option to make some poor choices. We can't allow children to choose to fail. So I have adjusted my sign off to something admittedly less catchy, but something that communicates that failure is not an option at Emerson.