Welcome Back!

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Hope you all had a great summer! I had a fun summer hanging out with my wife and daughter, being visited by family and friends, camping, and relaxing.

Leave a comment and let me know how your summer was and anything else about you that you think might be good for me to know.

My summer

Oneonta Gorge

Representing her favorite soccer team, River Plate.

On Mount Hood

In our backyard

At Edgefield

Thanks for all the great comments!!

Hey guys.

Just wanted to say thank you for all the time and thought you put into the class blog this year. I hope we all learned a lot about the world, ourselves, and our peers, or classmates, through this blog.

The blog will continue through summer. I hope to put up some posts with pictures during the summer vacation. If you get a chance, check it out and leave a comment saying hi, or telling me what you're up to.

I hope you all have fantastic summers away from school. Enjoy the outdoors (when it warms up a little more...) and have fun with family and friends. Take care, and keep yourselves safe. I look forward to seeing all of you who aren't seniors back at school next year.

Hasta Luego
Zai Jian
Joi Gin
Poka
La revedere
Bud zdorov
Chao ong
See you later

The Importance of Compliments

Compliments are an expression of praise, respect, or approval. What does that really mean? Compliments are when you say something nice to another person, or when they say something nice to you. They are the opposite of insults. Compliments are things said about us that we like to hear.

They could be as simple as, "You have a nice smile," or more specific like, "You have a good eye for decorating."

The problem is that many of us (including myself) don't give out enough compliments to the people we come into contact with, or even the people we really care about. Often, we are quick to criticize, but slow to compliment.

It is proven that compliments increase a person's self-esteem and cause people to be more happy. It is also true that it takes quite a few compliments to cancel out one insult.

Try to give a compliment to someone today and start a good habit!! Click here for some ideas. Leave a comment and let everyone know what you think.