So Tuesday night and tonight were the nights when Beacon does Open House — where we invite all the 8th graders who want to come to Beacon to visit with their parents. It’s a ton of work to put it all together, and I’ve been right in the middle of that work for the last two weeks.
Tuesday night was good… the turnout was lower than we’d hoped due to the weather and other open houses throughout the city. We probably had about 750 people there. So we thought tonight might be a lot bigger. Personally, I was thinking 900-1000. I think we were closer to 1200 tonight. Wow.
But what makes these evenings so amazing is not the size of the crowd, but rather the ability to do three things: 1) To be able to step back and think and talk about what it is we do everyday. It’s so easy to get caught up in what we do that we don’t think about it enough — even with blogging. And whenever I’m able to step back and think and talk about what it is we do at Beacon, I am always reinvigorated and amazed at how much we all accomplish. 2) I love getting to listen to my colleagues talk about what we do. Everyone’s energy and passion for Beacon just comes through, and I always am reminded of what amazing people I work with. 3) Our students just step up and remind us that the proof of what we do is in them. They can’t wait to talk about Beacon, help get the school ready, and just show their pride in what we do. And they are eloquent powerful spokepeople for the continuing experiment that is Beacon.
It’s easy to forget how proud we should be that we work at or go to Beacon. Days like tonight remind us.
Now onto the next task.
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