Middle School had a fabulous start to the year this week! The students came in energized and ready to go. They met teachers, new and old, with warm welcomes.

While the academic classes spent time going over units for the year and assessing skills, advisory groups came together for a gratitude circle and to form goals for themselves. Each student was asked to think of a personal goal for the school year both having to do with school as well as outside of school in their personal lives. Each goal was represented by a knot in a ribbon. In the end, they tied their ribbons together as a promise that they would hold each other accountable for their goals and help friends achieve theirs.

It has been a wonderful, short week full of smiles, discussion, writing, and creativity. If this is any indication for the year to come, we are all in for a spectacular school year.