Good evening- I hope you are enjoying your last evening of vacation and that you found it a restful and rejuvenating week. It was a well deserved break. I loved seeing pictures of the student trips! Our students had amazing, eye-opening experiences. I can not wait to hear all about them. I am sure that many of you spent some time this past week following the growing movement led by students across the country. I have found it inspiring to watch, and I can tell you it was quite topic of conversation "across the pond" where I spent the week. I imagine students may want to discuss the walk-outs being planned and their feelings about school safety in general. You are more than welcome to give students space and time to talk. ( Please remember to give students the opportunity to talk without necessarily imposing personal beliefs, as hard as that may be!) You may want to encourage them to talk about the balance between the many issues: mental health, gun laws, and personal ...