Award Season
It's award season. Kids all across the country are walking across the stages in their school cafeteria or auditorium. Students are listening intently for their names to be called for those coveted awards of highest grade in each subject area, citizenship, best athlete and the list goes on and on. These things should be recognized and celebrated because they are grand accomplishments. Social media is filled with smiles of these wonderful students and proud parents. It is good to see kids accomplishing task and being celebrated for their hard work. I believe in celebrating! There is a flip side to award season. The flip side is that pictures cannot capture the kids who are sitting on the stage ever so patiently but never hear their name called for an award. Students who worked hard and achieved much. Here's what the award ceremony cannot reveal. The girls and boys that are all dressed up, with their legs crossed properly and hands sitting ever so gently in their