Irving was rockin' yesterday afternoon. Seems the whole community turned out to celebrate the principal's retirement at the end of this school year. He started at Irving as the probationary principal when B was in kindergarten and given the position for keeps at the end of that year. They planted an oak tree on the school's front lawn in his honor and dedicated it yesterday.
I picked up some stickers amd we had a chance to talk to Mr. Hodge. He addressed us by name and asked about each of the kids by name. He has an uncanny abilility to remember names. And we haven't had kids in school for quite a while. We caught him up on what theyre doing and said it all started at Irving. He said he tells his staff never to underestimate the impact they have on students because people remember elementary school forever.
Saturday morning I was at church to help my friend Maureen with a "power hour" about octopuses. We had a pretty good turnout.
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