The happy noises of learning and living in community are
always around me, especially so at my desk in my office since both the JK and
SK classrooms are immediately across the hall. I frequently hear the pulse of
play, social trials and successes, joyful songs, and sometimes loud complaints
and frustration. Once I overheard two students struggling with a learning task.
One commented to the other “So many letters. Why couldn’t they just make five?”
immediately answered by a classmate with
“then we would run out of things to learn too quick.”
Our school is abuzz with the noise of learning. In the
middle of that buzz is the encouraging voices of our all teachers and support
staff steering keep the safari of learning moving along to next stops. I’m
thankful for their ability to create the atmosphere for learning and community
that they do.
“Things that are hard are often
where we learn the most.”
“The right choice is the one
where everyone gets what they need.”
“Our best efforts is our best
response to a God that loves us so much.”
“Helping hands are gentile
hands.”
“When we notice God at work, we
see things more clearly.”
These are some soundbites of wisdom from our staff. Watching and
listening to our youngest learners starting of the year is exciting to me. With
fresh eyes and in circumstances and surroundings very new to them, they are
both experiencing the gift and challenge of living in a community of learning.
They are learning to look with their eyes in a more focused way at God’s world
and recognize with their heart God’s claim and purpose for them. I really don’t
mind the noise that process creates and it’s a sound I won’t grow tired of it
anytime soon.
SJ
