Happy Sad Graduation

 

July 2^nd at 5 pm Crisis Nursery FACES program will graduate another class of 11 children.   I have been privileged and honored to be a part of their lives. Some of these kids I have known since they were 13 months old!! Some have joined the Crisis Nursery family within the last year. These kids have made such amazing progress, both socially and academically. They come from families where violence and neglect are the norm – not the exception. And they survive and prosper within the Crisis Nursery family and FACES program.

 

FACES began as a HeadStart program and has evolved into a nurturing, healthy, loving environment where children can learn to respect themselves and others, learn to appropriately attach to an adult, learn social skills and life skills, and learn academically. 

 

It will be happy, sad to attend graduation and watch the kids’ smiles and watch the teachers’ tears, because I will be smiling and crying along with them. 

 

And within 3 weeks, there will be another class of 4 to 5 year olds moving up into my classroom, so I can begin this cycle all over again. It is the cycle of life and the cycle of Crisis Nursery.