Dear Families,

This week we posted on Facebook a photo of our Bulbs of Hope:Daffodils that we planted way back when Remote Learning 1.0 was announced.  At the start of Autumn our bulbs were planted and since then we seemed to have stop-started our way through the school year.  With this weekend being our last weekend of Winter we can look with joy to nature to inspire us as it brings the excitement of warmer days, buds in bloom and new life.  We look with hope towards the improving health situation across the state and wait patiently for directives to when we can eagerly get school life (and home life) back to normal.

Each day I have the privilege of floating through the various classroom Google Meets and thoroughly enjoy seeing the faces of our students, though I can't wait to see them all interacting in the flesh.  Across the past few months I'm sure your friendship interactions have changed too.  Friends who I would regularly see locally I'm disengaged from, while I have reconnected with some acquaintances from the past or from distances away.  It really has been interesting reflecting on the how COVID has impacted this.  Attached to this newsletter is a reflection simply titled FRIENDSHIP written by Jim Quillinan.  Jim is a well respected, wise man of the diocese who contributes a month reflection to the community.  His reflection this month is well worth the read.  There is information of the link to his previous articles if you are interested.

So as we close this week down, we look forward to the surprises that lay ahead next week as we celebrate the arrival of Spring.

Have a great weekend and rest up!

Take care - Dave