Principal's Message

Happy Monday Redwood Families!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! The weather was truly spectacular, and I hope you had the chance to get outside, soak up some sun, and enjoy quality time with your families. Speaking of the outdoors, and please excuse the rough segue here, last week marked the official start of baseball season. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am a fan of America’s favorite pastime, yet I do have a problem with the pace of the game, more specifically, my attention span has a problem. I just can’t sit that long. By the time the seventh-inning stretch rolls around, it's more like a seventh-inning yawn. I’ve gotten well over my allotted steps for the day every time I attempt to see a game in person because I just end up walking laps. It’s not like you could miss anything. They’ll just show it on the replay, over and over again, while the announcers reminisce about a similar play that happened back in 1947... and truly, how many times can you watch someone adjust their batting gloves? Velcro off, velcro on. I’ve finally come to terms with it, so now I watch the game at home with no sound while doing the crossword, listening to music and truly anything else.

Well, I guess saying, "Go Giants!" would sound a little awkward now, so just know that it does have a place in my heart, and to be frank, it ranks about one higher than watching golf, yet my thoughts on golf are a digression that can wait for another edition of All Things Redwood. If you haven't checked your calendar, it is a SLCT week this week, and please don't ask me what the acronym means, as I truly have no idea. I've been wanting to change it to something catchy, with just more pizazz (what a great word huh?), but SLCT seems so official, so businesslike. Whomever thought it up, had no time to spell out S-E-L-E-C-T. I mean putting in those "E's" is a waste of time, and that time is for learning or as they would have said, "for L-R-N-N-G..." I took all the vowels out for good measure, although the unknown originator may have paused long enough to add the "I", yet some mysteries will never be solved. What is not a mystery, is that the students will be taking a practice run at the CAASPP (I do know what this acronym stands for btw) this Thursday during our eighth period. Please make sure that they come with a fully-charged Chromebook, as it promises to be a hoot.

In educationally related news, it has been an incredible week around campus. I recently caught our chess club in the middle of some intense matches and popped into a classroom that had been transformed into a mini-zoo, complete with bunnies, guinea pigs, and even a baby goat! The excitement was so contagious that even the office staff had to slip away for a quick visit. During lunch, I happened upon a group of dedicated band students practicing, and their performance was so impressive that a video was an absolute must. I also make a point to cheer on each and every one of our teams after school. While I was just a second too late to capture a video of the JV Girls B-Team winning their final game of the season, I did manage to snap a quick photo. The joy of that moment was truly palpable! As we head into the break, I hope that you and your family have a wonderful week away from school. Know that we are already looking forward to your return!

Steve