Middle School Building
The sudden need for Middle School students and teachers to move to new classrooms caught everyone by surprise. This provided a learning opportunity for all. Many real questions arose about how to organize this change. A lot of important decisions needed to be made at the same time. Classrooms needed to be found to accommodate three-hundred students and their teachers.
New spaces were found within a few days. Moving was a challenge but teachers and students had the right attitude to respond. People made the moves and all got aboard for the changes. We really got to see how unified we are and how all this was possible because of the strong teamwork on the part of both teachers and students. We see change as “Learning Opportunities”, because that is exactly what they are!
This learning opportunity again reminded us of what a wonderful working team and learning environment surrounds us at JFK. But you may wonder: What exactly did we learn?
Some answers could be as simple as those
found in the following list:
• We were able to show a great solid and collaborative
response to meet our needs.
• Middle School Teachers showed that they
really know how to make it happen through
team work.
• We know how to set common goals and
achieve them.
• We learned more about our ability to adapt
to new situations.
• We learned of our ability to show tolerance,
understanding, flexibility, and openness to
change.
• We learned that we could, no matter what,
maintain the right attitude to finish the task.
Our students have learned the same lessons as well. They have learned that we are not always in control of every situation, but that we are in control of how we approach such new challenges in life and come up with good solutions. We believe they learned more about tolerance, understanding, and how to remain flexible in order to move on in life. We are also very proud of them for their mature response to this situation. We are able to grow stronger because we are growing together.
Plans are moving right along for the construction of the new Middle School building.
