By: LIZ CHATELAIN
Mamou High Principal
Special to the Acadian Press
As we prepare for a great school year, I would like you all to remember that we gather together Monday through Friday for the purpose of educating the children of our community. However, there is far more occurring within the school walls and gates than academics. Our students are growing and shaping into adults with every grade level of achievement. Although we are required to learn the periodic table of elements and to conjugate a verb in French, we are also destined to make life long connections and friendships with peers and teachers. An education is so much more than what is inside of a book. It is an experience rather than simply a course of study. Through things like advanced placement courses and welding instruction, we are preparing our kids for the next phase of their lives, but at the same time we are cheering them on, as they excel in athletics. While we are studying for end of course tests, we are also waiting to see what Mrs. Jahn’s culinary class will prepare in the kitchen. As Mr. Prasad is discussing proofs and theorems in geometry, we are really hoping to see Lance The Demon in the quad at lunch recess more often.
Experience and education are partners in preparing us for adulthood, and Mamou High School is the facilitator of both. As we all enter the gates of our campus for the 17/18 school year, we have the wonderful opportunity to leave a legacy to the people who will come after us. As with any place that we visit, may it be better because we were there.
Go Demons!!!