From the Principal’s Desk
Dear Parents,
When I was in junior high and high school, our basketball coach would make us players run line drills at practice. They were the worst! In line drills, you start at one end line of the basketball court, run to the free-throw line and back to the end line. Then you run to the half-court line, and back to the end. You touch the line and run to the free-throw line at the other end of the court and back. Then to the other end line and back. And these were to be sprints, one right after the other. Sometimes he would throw in the volleyball lines just for good measure.
By the end of the drill, our lungs were burning, and we were dragging. But it made us physically and mentally stronger. As we ran the line drills throughout the season, they became easier. But the best part was that these drills conditioned us so that we were in good shape come the fourth quarter. Soon we began to see the benefits of running line drills, and we would motivate each other. The difficulty made us stronger.
The same thing is true of students when they go through the various grade levels. They get to the next grade level, and they have to step up. A second grader must become a third grader and learn to fulfill new responsibilities; a fourth grader must become a fifth grader, and so on. That transition can be difficult; but if students will stick with it, and even more so, if we as parents will stick with it, the benefits are long lasting. Solomon put it this way, “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury” (Proverbs 14:23).
Holding children accountable, developing a work ethic, teaching them time management, training them to be excellent—all of these require great effort on their part and on ours. But the benefits that come, even though they might be through tears, can reward for a lifetime. So let me encourage you: during the transition times with your children, stay with it, keep working at it, and keep training. It may be difficult now, but in all labor there is profit.
Sincerely,
Pastor Sutton
Dear Parents,
When I was in junior high and high school, our basketball coach would make us players run line drills at practice. They were the worst! In line drills, you start at one end line of the basketball court, run to the free-throw line and back to the end line. Then you run to the half-court line, and back to the end. You touch the line and run to the free-throw line at the other end of the court and back. Then to the other end line and back. And these were to be sprints, one right after the other. Sometimes he would throw in the volleyball lines just for good measure.
By the end of the drill, our lungs were burning, and we were dragging. But it made us physically and mentally stronger. As we ran the line drills throughout the season, they became easier. But the best part was that these drills conditioned us so that we were in good shape come the fourth quarter. Soon we began to see the benefits of running line drills, and we would motivate each other. The difficulty made us stronger.
The same thing is true of students when they go through the various grade levels. They get to the next grade level, and they have to step up. A second grader must become a third grader and learn to fulfill new responsibilities; a fourth grader must become a fifth grader, and so on. That transition can be difficult; but if students will stick with it, and even more so, if we as parents will stick with it, the benefits are long lasting. Solomon put it this way, “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury” (Proverbs 14:23).
Holding children accountable, developing a work ethic, teaching them time management, training them to be excellent—all of these require great effort on their part and on ours. But the benefits that come, even though they might be through tears, can reward for a lifetime. So let me encourage you: during the transition times with your children, stay with it, keep working at it, and keep training. It may be difficult now, but in all labor there is profit.
Sincerely,
Pastor Sutton