As Guinevere sings in Camelot, it's a month when everything goes blissfully astray.
There are two and a half weeks of school left. There's not much learning still going on, although the teachers are making a valiant effort to educate while their students are counting down the days until summer vacation.
The Amphi High School seniors held their Grad Walk on Friday. Dressed in caps and gowns, they marched through the first floor and the playground, high fiving and smiling.... at least the ones without earbuds.
Standing next to Miss Stella, currently the tallest 5th grader, I mentioned that she probably might not be the tallest student in Middle School next year, and that she certainly wouldn't be the tallest student in high school. We don't know what they are feeding those kids, but they were BIG.
Attendance in the garden always slows down in May. I don't know why. The tomato plants and the mandarin orange tree have many green blobs (they don't look much better than that) which are taking their own sweet time ripening. Apparently, they are not clued in to the school calendar.
One Garden Leader, talking to no one in particular, opined that the garden was her favorite place in the whole school. No one fights. You can plant. And you can be quiet.
It seems that, for this year at least, my work here is done.
For a brief moment I thought, end of school year???? What??? Then I remembered where you live and totally get it. The heat is a big indicator for when to call it quits. Our granddaughter's high school will end in about 3 weeks as the school is then used for a variety of end-of-year celebrations for all the middle schools in the district. Our middle school grandson will have his graduation the second week of June in the gorgeous performing arts building at the high school.
ReplyDeleteThat Garden Leader is very wise.
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