Summer is here! Yea! I hope you are thoroughly enjoying the slower pace of these summer months.

I’ll be up at school for most of the summer (we principals get two weeks off). What I’m doing now is one of my most important job responsibilities: hiring teachers and staff. Our standards for working at this fabulous school are ridiculously high. We demand the absolute best and brightest who are out there looking for positions. We’ve already “stolen” two master teachers from local middle schools and I’m working on a couple more. In actuality, our school has such a stellar reputation that we don’t have to do much recruiting: everyone wants to work here!…

The end of the school year is here! On behalf of the faculty and staff, I extend a heartfelt thank you to all of you for sending us such wonderful students. The students have learned and grown so much this year! A special thanks to Jana Howden, our outstanding PTA President, the PTA Board, and the army of parent volunteers who help make O. Henry a School to Watch. We look forward to seeing all the 8th grade parents at the 8th grade Recognition Assembly on Wednesday, June 5, 10:00 a.m., in the Freeman Gym. It’s a very special event!

June 4 Field Trips
Students will head to their RODEO classes first thing Tuesday, June 4.…