Teachers, We Appreciate You!


This week — Monday April 19 to Friday April 23 — is Teacher Appreciation Week 2021. We all appreciate our Lakeview teachers, but my goodness, if ever there is a year that we really, really, really appreciate them, it is this one. Our appreciation goes beyond thanking them for fulfilling the bog-standard verbiage “other duties as assigned.” This year, the job description reads more along the lines of “Motivate, nurture, challenge students, and use your superpowers during a global pandemic to educate children remotely and in-person at the same time, in a classroom which won't really resemble your classroom because the school administration moved half the contents out for health and safety reasons, and by the way, the children (and you) will be masked all day.” Or how about, “Inspire, guide, and instill a love of learning and a sense of confidence in your students during a time when most American school-age children are at home and many of the things they enjoy have been postponed, modified or canceled.” Finally, try this one: “Develop, organize, and schedule all events, arrange for transportation, and attend all home and away events and competitions during a global pandemic when hotels are closed, transportation is severely restricted, tournaments are messed up, you can't eat indoors with the students, and no one is sure from one day to the next whether the team you are scheduled to play will show up. Did we mention that we are not sure if supporters are allowed either?” Our teachers have ticked every box, and their commitment, integrity, and positivity has allowed Lakeview's students to shine

This month alone, Lakeview students have demonstrated their extraordinary talents, shining in so many ways and in so many disciplines (see below). Even as I write, more...
... accolades are being added to the growing list, which includes: Not one but THREE Governor's Honor's Finalists (Maggie Abboud, Garv Gaur, Celia-Wilson-Patino); SIX members of Youth Leadership Hall; Lakeview is the Region Literary Champion; Senior Skyler Thellman is headed to the University of Dayton as a Collegiate athlete in baseball; Millie Filson has set a school record for soccer goals; Lakeview competed in the Hall County Championship Track & Field meet for the first time; girls and boys soccer, girls tennis, and robotics headed to State playoffs; and yesterday, Lakeview received multiple nominations for the Shuler/Georgia High School Musical Theatre awards. Lakeview's students should be rightly proud - it takes grit, determination, and Herculean effort to succeed in these disciplines. Lakeview's teachers should also be proud. It takes commitment, humility, and unwavering passion for education—and all its monumental challenges—to mentor young people to the finish. It's not a job, or a job description, it is a person. It is a Lucas Martin, or a Cece Conrath, or a Joe Britte, or a Philip Chittaro, or a Joe Harris, or a Deuce Roark, or a Mikhail Lovell, to name but a few of Lakeview's outstanding teachers. Teachers, we appreciate you, more than you know.
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