Yankton, South Dakota

(from The Mount Marty College website)

Mount Marty College

    "It's the most wonderful time of the year" is both an old Christmas carol we all know and a song that I am often found singing this time of year as I skip through the halls of Cedar Catholic.  Indeed, it is a wonderful time... The new school year doesn't loom-  it winks, it promises and it encourages me to dream again. As students are out shopping for school supplies, we teachers on the North (a.k.a the Wild) side are moving back into our classrooms, unpacking boxes and revisioning our learning environments-  our classroom communities where we live, grow and dream.  To help in the process, our faculty and staff have the opportunity to bond together while on a retreat.  Today was that day at Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota.  We pray.  We discern.  We share.  As teachers, we dream and we brainstorm ways to authentically love, serve, teach and inspire our students, their families and each other.  We block out the noise from our lives and come together to whisper as Samuel did, "Speak, for your servant is listening"  (1 Samuel 3:10).  

                                                                     Happy New Year!

eek! (from cedarcatholic.org)