ADDISON CENTRAL SUPERINTENDENT Peter Burrows congratulates a student at this month’s high school graduation. He is thinking about how to keep young people engaged with learning over the summer.
Independent file photo/Trent Campbell
The end of the school year is always of time of reflection, after the frenetic and celebratory air that surrounds graduation, awards ceremonies, and year-end community events. As an educator, you become accustomed to this cycle, of stewarding students throughout the year and then letting go, and there is an almost hushed silence around our schools as the wave of excitement, learning, and social interaction recedes, as it gathers strength to return in August.
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