A Community Garden ~ Dean Bowen

Are you looking forward to spring break as much as we are? WCA staff is wrapping up one of our busiest weeks of the year.  
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On Monday, we hosted an open house wherein potential new families had an opportunity to tour the school and speak with our teachers.  

On Wednesday, we hosted about 200 grandparents, family friends, and relatives who came to eat lunch with their students during the book fair.

On Thursday evening many of you came in for parent/teacher conferences. 

While this is always a busy week of the year, it is also a fun week.  We love having our parents and grandparents in the building. 

Compare this to what is happening in other schools throughout the country.  Parents are rising up against school authorities, objecting to what is being taught in the classrooms as well as objecting to being denied information about that instruction. 

When school boards had enough of the parents, instead of listening to their complaints, the boards labeled them as terrorists and called in the FBI.  Unfortunately, these type of things are not just happening in far away places.

During our open house Monday evening, I spoke with an individual who last year witnessed a kindergarten teacher explain to 5 year old students that the boys who play dress up might be part girl, and the girls who play with blocks might be part boy.  

This happened in a kindergarten classroom in a local school district here in Genesee county.

I cannot imagine calling the FBI on our parents, neither can I imagine filling a 5 year old’s innocent mind with “he might be part girl, or she might be part boy.”

A classical Christian education at Waterbrook pursues what is good, what is true, and what is beautiful.  We were created for a purpose.  That purpose is not left to chance or whim, but was determined by our Maker and written into our nature.  We believe we were created with the purpose of seeking truth so that we can act on what is good and beautiful in this life.

During the parent conferences last evening I repeatedly heard phrases such as, “I am so grateful how my student is excelling,” or “We love Waterbrook, and we’re so grateful we found this school.” Or some variation of those statements.  While most parent/teacher visits tend to be in this vein, I know there are situations where the student may be struggling or there may be a problem, and in such a case both the teacher and parent make a note to work on it.  We do this in harmony with each other because we are all in pursuit of what is good, true, and beautiful.  

I read the other day that education is not making something, rather it is helping something grow. To all of our parents and grandparents, thank you for being a part of this community garden with us.

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