Corky

I hope you, your colleagues, and the kids have a good summer vacation. It's been a long year, and you folks deserve it.

May I ask you a question? What do you teach? What level do you teach too?

At the public school I am an elementary gifted education specialist and part-time vice principal as well as being math enrichment specialist. I am also half time at Whitworth University in the Grad School of Education as well as the Psych department. With Summer Session I am very busy so I get very little time off and I basically work every day but it is fun.

This was a hard year as on our staff of about 32 people we had three come down with cancer and one of those folks died. I am in charge of the Sunshine Committee so that kept me busy. I think 10 or so parents of staffers passed away also this year.

You got lot of work to do, Corky. I am glad you are embracing it, and most importantly, you are enjoying working with young kids, who need all the leadership and wisdom they can get.