VIDEO: Principals Offer Welcome Back to School Messages

‘’Tis the day before school starts and all through the house,

students are stirring, some like an excited mouse.

All the class lists and supply lists have been hung by school doors with care

in the hopes that students are well aware

of whose class they’re in, what to bring and how they’ll fare. Just fine.

Teachers are ready, principals and other school staff, too,

to greet every student, those “old” and those new.

No need to be nervous, or make a fuss.

If you ride with others, don’t miss the bus.

Here’s a chance to listen to your principal, using a modern tool

offering each of you a personal ”Welcome to school.”

All information in this ode came from speaking with the 11 principals in the city's public schools.

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