Dear Middle School Parents,

As we close out this week, we look ahead to the final week of the academic year. I am so proud of the hard work and diligence shown by our students throughout this year. For many, this has been a year of growth, change, difficulty, joy, triumph, disappointment, or achievement. Every student will have their own story to tell of the 2025/26 school year. None of those stories will be completely positive, just as none of those stories can be completely negative. Each school year in middle school is a rollercoaster ride as these students learn and grow into the young people that God has created them to be.

I love Paul's opening greeting in his letter to the Philippians. He says in Philippians 1:3-6, "I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."