Happy New Year!
I have high hopes for the new calendar year, and always look forward to the opportunity to make resolutions. Every year around this time, there are many articles debating the value of resolutions. Some suggest that there is a futility to making resolutions, as naysayers point out that most people will come up short and within a few weeks forget what it is they resolved to do. For me, however, I feel that the annual ritual of making New Year’s resolutions allow for a moment of reflection and evaluation.
In many regards, this process is not dissimilar from the work that we do on a regular basis at The Beech Hill School. We ask that our students participate in a regular cycle of goal setting, followed by evaluation and feedback, then the resetting of goals. Underlying this process is our belief that “aspiration” is one of the Foundations of Community. We define aspiration in the following way:
“We understand that it is always possible to improve our communities and ourselves. We achieve a sense of purpose through the creation of ambitious and meaningful goals.”
Thus, making a New Year’s resolution is a very BHS thing to do.
As I start 2023, I am excited, hopeful, and confident that, individually and collectively, we will continue to “improve our communities and ourselves,” and that 2023 will be a great year!
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!