Life at best is bittersweet... Jack Kirby

The most appropriate title for this post would probably be Change...part 2.  When I wrote about change last week I did not know how meaningful those words would become.  Opportunities appear sometimes when you least expect it and your responsiveness to change will dictate how you manage what is presented to you.

Next week I will trade my 20 minute commute to Bobcat Trail and Oregon-Davis Jr/Sr High School for a 5 minute commute to Big Red Drive and Plymouth High School.  This change is very bittersweet for me.  Bitter because I am leaving a school who undertook a massive transformation over the last 2 years becoming the smallest school in the nation to transform into a New Tech school.  I am proud to have been part of that amazing transformation. Bitter because I am leaving a close knit group of faculty who I have grown and learned from as we all transitioned our instructional strategies into a project based learning model.  Bitter because I was supported by a Principal who not only encouraged but expected innovation and creativity in the classroom in order to prepare OD students for the 21st century.  Bitter because those kids became my kids.  I will miss them all.

This change is sweet because I have the opportunity to give back to a school community who has given so much to my own sons.  Sweet because I now have 2 sons in high school and I will get to share in the PHS experience with them.  Sweet because my youngest son will have the opportunity to be a part of the PHS School of Inquiry's class of 2017.  Sweet because I get to be part of the New Tech implementation at Plymouth High School. Sweet because Plymouth is my home.

The new school year is upon us.  Do great things and remember to be open to change.

I feel extremely lucky, extremely grateful, and a little bittersweet, too.
Wentworth Miller