For the longest time, Back to School for me was getting my two kids ready to actually go “Back to School.”
Now, the thing I think about the most is the lesson learned from one of my former co-workers at the Review-Journal.
Hubble Smith had recently been hired by the RJ to work as a business writer. I believe he moved to Las Vegas sometime in the summer.
He didn’t have any kids in his home, and the start of school didn’t register with him. So, he didn’t slow down when he saw flashing lights on the roadway.
He learned a very expensive lesson that day.
“School zones,” he kept saying, over and over again.
Of course, we always warned Hubble every year afterwards when schools started up. That and piano wire were things we kidded Hubble about for many years. I’m not going to explain that one though.
But now the start of school is a welcome time for me because it leads to a lot of good story ideas for this publication.
You’ll see a lot of editorial features in this issue related to schools.
Along with the start of classes is also the start of the school sports seasons. In this issue, we have articles about the Somerset Academy Skye Pointe cross country teams and the boy soccer program.
I wrote an article last spring about the boys and girls cross country teams winning 4A state titles and moving up to the 5A division this fall.
This time, we preview the upcoming season in their quest for another crown, this time against schools that have two to three times more students.
The boys soccer program didn’t make the playoffs last year, but return many quality players in hopes of winning a state title of their own.
This issue also has articles related the health perspective about returning to school with information about various vaccinations necessary to attend school, along with how to avoid stress from this situation.
Courtney Singer, who runs an in-home day care for infants in Skye Canyon, writes about how assigning chores can help a child feel useful and loved.
But if you don’t learn anything else from this issue, just remember to watch for those School Zones?
— Kirk Kern