Celebrating Resilency

Share your celebrations with us. Click above for all the info! Not gonna lie. At some points this week I felt I was drowning in despair. Students are writing expressive/reflective pieces for me and the stories I am reading are not the happy-go-lucky, beach party, silly teenage antics that so many people believe high school student life is like. I'm reading stories of abuse and neglect, family suicide, and homelessness. I'm reading stories of loneliness I'm reading stories of self-abuse, family issues, and fear of deportation. They believed me when I told them Your Story Matters. They took those words to heart and shared with me the parts of themselves they seldom share with others. They trusted me. And slowly, most of them are trusting at least one other student in class with that story. That's reason to celebrate. They laugh, they smile, they relax in my room. That's reason to celebrate. They are committed to finishing school and they