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Dear Woodburn Community,
As the 2021 - 2022 school year comes to a close, I want to tell you how incredibly proud I am of the members of our school community.
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 4, we will hold our first full whole group graduation ceremony since 2019. This year’s graduating class persevered through two years of a global pandemic and all the changes and challenges that came with it to reach this milestone. It’s an accomplishment many years in the making and an accomplishment that many have contributed to along the way.
We are inspired by our students for their commitment to learning, for their resilience and passion to learn, lead, and contribute, for having high expectations for their own learning, seeking support when needed, and persevering in achieving challenging goals. Our 2022 graduates have earned nearly $1.5 million in scholarships this year!
On Thursday, our graduating seniors took a moment to visit their elementary schools and middle schools. It was a day to celebrate our students’ graduation accomplishment, the culmination of their K-12 school experience and the closing of a chapter. It was an opportunity for seniors not not only to revisit staff and memories and to be celebrated, but to come full circle and inspire those students who are to follow. Our students dawned their caps and gowns and walked our elementary and middle school halls as symbols of inspiration as they are graduating, and opening a new chapter, ready to pursue college, career options, and success in life.
We are also inspired by our families for actively engaging in students’ learning through consistent support and partnership. We are inspired by our staff for leading through the challenges, for navigating uncharted experiences, for having high expectations for themselves and students, for learning continually, striving for innovation, collaborating to support the success of all students, and being the champions our students need and deserve. We are inspired by our community for providing support, pathways, and opportunities, recognizing that education is a foundation for a healthy community and supporting school learning initiatives. All are examples of how our core value of learning lives throughout our school and our community.
We draw the year to a close with a heartfelt thank you for the core values of accountability, civic responsibility, cultural diversity, equity, family and community partnerships, learning, multilingualism, and safety that our community has continually demonstrated. The strength, grace, love, resilience, learning, and leadership of this past year has been extraordinary. The 2021-22 chapter is closing but the experiences we’ve lived and learned through will make for an even stronger 2022-23 chapter that we’ve already started writing.
Have a wonderful and safe summer vacation! We’re eager to see you back for our first day of school on August 29!
Yours in service,
Juan Larios
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