Wednesday, August 29, 2007

The New Year

Boom, and they're off. That's what the first couple of days have felt like to me. I don't recall last year going so smooth nor fast. It's been a blur. Today was the first day with my Morning Meeting group. MM is part of our overall behavior program. Man, I'm inspired. After meeting with my advisory students today, the power of this 20 minute block of time is so amazing. Smiles, confidence, and the opportunity for us "guys" to bound. Huge!

As I was working this morning, I thought about the potential of a parent group made up of fathers. This idea sprang forth from one of our community members who made the comment that fathers needs the opportunity to serve kids and what a great opportunity it could be.

Call it fathers for the future or something like it, where fathers meet to discuss what we can do as fathers to help the school and especially the young boys whose father isn't in their lives. How powerful would that be? Stay tuned on this idea.

I'm also very excited about construction. Not that it doesn't get in the way, but things are looking good as the crane continues to help put the roof together.

All in all, I'm feel very fortunate for a good start.

Cheers,
Mr. Bowman

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