Letters to the Editor: March 19, 2021

It can be done

Nobody enters a career in teaching because they want to be rich and famous. They do it, primarily, because they care, and perhaps they have the desire to give and to share and to help others to learn and grow. Throughout this past year with its myriad of unparalleled challenges, I have witnessed the dedication and flexibility of everyone involved in the institution we all know simply as, “school.” We are preparing to embark on yet another journey into the unknown with students finally coming back in a hybrid model after a year off campus for most of them.

Before we start this fourth quarter, I heartily want to extend applause and kudos to our school community. The teachers, administration, office clerks, resource and support staff, custodial and cafeteria workers have faced the bumpy road with all of its new rules and methods of doing things with impressive professionalism. Furthermore, I am in awe of the students and their families at the middle school up mauka in the center of Kona. What once was normal has become highly extraordinary and unrivaled, and through it all, each individual has done the very best that they can. What more could we ask for while living in such a sketchy, unusual time? Nobody said life is going to be easy, but after a year, I think it’s safe to say, “We can do this.”

Nothing is perfect, but it can be done.

Mary Kay Slingerland

Captain Cook

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