School’s Out!

The pencil boxes have worn edges. The school bag has a hole in the corner. The lunchbox has a dent in it. Tattered book covers are discarded. Desk covers have lost their luster. Formerly square erasers are rounded into a perfect little circle and pencils are sharpened to tiny nubs. Uniforms have been outgrown as we approach year’s end. Penny loafers have lost their pennies! The year is coming to a close. Tests are complete, grades calculated with report cards soon to come in the mail.

As we prepare for the closing of school for the summer, we participate in the preparation for the next class to arrive. Desks get a quick cleaning. Decorations are stripped from around the room. Holy statues get a good dusting. Blackboards are washed and the erasers clapped of chalk dust for one last time.

Our thoughts are really focused on the months ahead with no homework, no buses, no alarms and no uniforms. There will be playtime, vacations, lazy days of summer and all the activities that we daydreamed of during the school year. At last! It’s here.

During the summer, the floors will be polished and the desk tops sanded and varnished. The new classroom ‘scent’ is months away.

School’s out now. See you at the playgrounds very soon!

Wishing you a SMFairies summer!

Cathy