There are few times in the lives of teachers and students as telling as the end of the school year.  Whirlwind activities, concerts, programs, awards assemblies, baccalaureates, graduations, parties, yearbook signings, and, of course, examinations to prove that learning occurred.

There are many players: the teachers, the students, the parents, the administration, the caterers, the photographers, the audiences, the grandparents, the parents, the siblings, the gift-card distributors.

Ok, enough with the lists.

The really important point is that there are…..

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