Visas Arrive as we Depart....for Hilton Head!

On Wednesday, June 26th Alex took our 13 lb tabby cat, "Ruckus," to the vet to get a microchip implanted so that we could take him to France.  With the microchip and several health papers we will be able to bypass any quarantine once we get to Nice.  "Ruckus" did very well riding in his new carrier to the vet and we hope he will remain this calm for the airplane ride (more to come on the furry escapade later).

Thursday, June 27th was bittersweet.  Alex and I were excited to drive to Hilton Head Island with the family, but were still anxious about getting our visas for France.  It was also my last day working at ELHS for Communities In Schools and not only did I have to prepare the new graduation coach, I had to try to plan better futures for multiple students before I left.  

The whole day I kept worrying about leaving a student out or wondering if there was something I had forgotten. I will miss the staff and students at East, it has been an amazing year introducing Communities In Schools into this school.  Overall, we got the drop out rate down from 3.9% to 2.6%!  However, numbers do not make me half as happy as seeing the smiles of my students as they would improve their grades, attitudes, attendance, and life situations.  It is my hope that these students continue to strive for greatness and not settle for anything less.

As soon as Alex's mother got to our place to pick us up, she handed us a package with none other than our much worried about visas!  They had come and now we had much less to worry about in terms of getting into France.  Now we were free to enjoy some family time on the beach and start planning our move from our Mooresville home.

Shout out to an ELHS Student:

I am so proud of Taylor M. for doing amazingly well with her online Algebra II class and taking credit recovery for more credits over this Summer!  You rock and I know you will have an amazing Senior year!