The week began with an assembly headed by our Head of School. For the past two years, we have done this ritual online and reverting to face to face work made this experience bitter sweet and meanungful indeed. This school year, we are focusing on the theme of SHARED RESPONSIBILITY giving emphasis on how the pandemic has greatly affected our lives, our relationships and the ways we view the world.
We had the usual in-service preprations and my staff and I had the opportunity to introduce our new BA Library System, powered by Koha, to our faculty. Tech issues included, I think it was, nonetheless, a venue where teacher librarian collaboration was given importance. We hope to be more active in research skills facilitation and reference services this academic year.
It is just the first week of in-service and we are feeling the crunches. We are taking things in stride to counter the mounting pressure from DepEd and the IB. Always, I go back to what I gathered from a decade of working in the Beacon Academy as stated below.
In Beacon, we recognize the necessity of constant reflection and how the insights, discoveries and realizations gleaned from it can inform us to take action. We pay attention to the process and not just the product because, while the results of our endeavors lead to the achievement of goals and objectives, the knowledge we have of our journey towards the finish line allows us to appreciate our identity (individual and collective); to stay true to our purpose and to value our ethos.
Virtus et ars!
I am nervously excited to begin the new school year. Covid mutations and family concerns weighing upon me, personally. I take comfort in the knowledge that I belong to a community who cares and understands.
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