Activities

Several weeks ago, the activities director at school invited me to a luncheon. It was being held by the activities directors in our conference as a part of their spring meeting.

I didn't know what to expect, but each activites director was asked to bring retiring club sponsors that they wanted to recognize for their contributions to their respective schools.

My activites director, who I have know for years, invited me and three others. We had a great time. There were several others from our school, so we had a table to ourselves. The conversation was fantastic--"Do you remember so-and-so?" "Remember when . . ."

Pam said nice things about all of us. I never do things because someone is going to notice, but it sure felt good to hear colleagues whose opinions I value, recognize the positive things that I have done over the years.

Sadly, the 'golden age' of student activities at our school I fear has passed. Our administration has instituted some draconian policies and repressive rules that have really put a damper on student clubs and organizations. Not for budgetary reasons, but because they are afraid--afraid of lawsuits and afraid that one of us might get away with some of the district's money. Very sad.

On the bright side, the luncheon, which was at a very nice restaurant near our school, lasted longer than the usual 20 minutes I usually have each day! The opportunity to discuss a topic in detail, with really interesting people is so, so nice! Of course, I would never presume to be able to eat lunch from 11:30 to 2:30 each day, but 30 minutes would be fabulous!