Best To Our Educators

We could easily hold forth for several pages about the importance of our educators. At a time when school is underway or close to resuming, there probably wouldn't be enough room to describe the chal­lenging task teachers, staff, coaches and volunteers un­dertake for the next 40 some weeks.

Parents in the Touchet Val­ley place their kids in their hands, knowing instructors will do their utmost to help them learn, grow and engage in meaningful pursuits in the classroom and on the sports fields. Sure, there are always shortcomings. Educators are human and systems are imperfect.

But we know that educat­ing our kids is not a 9 - 5 proposition in our districts. Educators' and volunteers' commitments go way be­yond that. There are countless daily, weekly, monthly and yearly tasks. From preparing our sports coverage and special preview section alone we were reminded of the plan­ning and attention to detail sports programs require.

The same is true for ev­ery single class, cafeteria lunch, social event, bus route, parent-teacher conference schedule, etc., etc. So, at the beginning of this 2010 - 2011, we want salute the our districts' staff and fac­ulty by simply running their pictures here. It's our way of showing our gratitude and wishing our educators all the best in the year ahead.

Our only regret is that we could not get a staff picture from the Prescott School Dis­trict in time, but we still hope to run one later on.