After many years at Onteora, it's time for me to retire. I would like to thank the children, families and my colleagues for teaching me a few key lessons:
- that Respect is the key ingredient in any successful school community;
- that children are first and foremost, members of families;
- that attending school is as much about young people establishing and maintaining healthy relationships as it is about academics;
- that the students of today are the taxpayers of tomorrow and we will rely on them to be competent citizens;
- that every child deserves to be taught in the way that he or she learns, to the