Welcome Back!
Dear Shore Boarding Community,
I hope you are well and have enjoyed some quality time with your sons. I have heard many stories of how the joy and good times have become just that little bit more emphatic and meaningful when we take a different look at the world around us. The excitement that resounded through the boarding houses this week when Year 12 returned is only matched by the yearning felt by parents as they waved them goodbye.
We are about a third of the way through the year already, and our Year 12s have less than 15 weeks left after you take out exams. We have embarked upon an educational journey never before experienced, and this only gets more interesting when our boarders start returning to the boarding house. Boys love rumbling and tackling each other, and keeping the reins on this has been a challenge in itself. I guess our female counterparts are dealing with the same thing, albeit replace “rumbling and tackling” with “hugging.”
Nevertheless, our boarders have remained busy, as you will see in this issue. They have stayed in touch with some bizarre study habits and socialisation. Again, I have heard so much feedback about the resilience, independence and determination shown by our boarders as they have managed the many learning avenues that they have travelled since being away from school.
“Zooming” has entered our lives and our vocabulary, just as “texting” and “emailing” did all those years ago. The difference this time was the speed at which it arrived, with most of us introduced to it literally overnight. Even so, what would we have done without it? It has helped us stay in touch and engaged, so important in our current climate. Zoom has allowed me enter worlds of staff meetings, individual and large parent group meetings, interviews for boarding positions and even a Year 12 boarding 18th birthday!
Thank you again for everything. We, in Shore Boarding, cannot adequately put into words how much we appreciate your support. It has been a true team effort getting where we are now, and this will continue to be so moving forward. Wishing you all the very best; we hope to see everyone again soon. Stay well, and remember to please get in touch if there is anything we can do to help you.
Best wishes,
Brendan
(Photo is of Year 12 Back at Last!)
