Thankful
As we prepare to return to school after our holiday break, we might take a moment to dwell on our gratitude for what has made Central Bucks a great place for so many of us to call home: our schools, teachers, and staff. As you read through this list, you'll find many of the values are currently under threat. We invite you to think about the community you want to live in, the educational values you support, and the relationship between the two. You will have the opportunity to vote your values in the May 2023 primary and the November 2023 election.
Our schools:
Where every single child can go to learn.
Where every child has the freedom to learn and connect curriculum to life.
Where we have sunny, clean buildings in good repair and books and supplies for every child, no matter what their circumstances at home.
Where our kids meet one another and make friends with one another, regardless of their differences.
Where each kid can discover what they love to do and think about, from music to sports to theater to art.
Where every kid learns in an environment of openness and trust.
Where every child has the right to the truth and to their own identity.
Where every school honors the truth and every child’s unique potential.
Where each kid can discover what they need to make a living in the world, to educate their minds, and to participate in our democracy.
Our teachers and staff:
Who seek to challenge every single child in their care to just the right degree, where the student feels intrigued but not overwhelmed.
Who taught throughout the pandemic, which meant learning whole new ways of offering their expertise to their students.
Who go to any lengths to encourage all their students to succeed and make the most of their education.
Who provide affirming safe spaces and better educational outcomes.
Who offer money to students in need, through one-off contributions in case of a disaster such as fire or tornado, or year-to-year contributions to the Holiday Fund for kids who otherwise have no gifts.
Who work long hours to create engaging, challenging lesson plans and grading endless papers.
Who navigate conflicts with poise and grace, helping kids to recognize the humanity in all their fellows.
Who celebrate the full diversity of ethnicity, race, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, ability, medical status, socioeconomic status, and political affiliation that our nation and community comprise. E pluribus unum.
Who create a climate of inquiry, encouraging not the adoption of specific points of view, but the critical thinking stance of curiosity and courage.
We regret that some in our community have at times failed in gratitude toward our schools, teachers and staff, but when you step back and see what our faculty have accomplished, even under difficult circumstances, you see a towering achievement. Proof that teachers should have the freedom to continue to teach the way only they know best.
Here’s to you, community schools, teachers and staff. Here’s to all you have done and continue to try to do on behalf of our kids and our future.
With gratitude,
C.B. Quoyle