You’ve had a year! (We’ve all had a year…) As you read this, we hope you are gearing up for some downtime — in a hammock, on a beach, wherever you find peace and joy. We hope you’ll dive into the kinds of hobbies and leisure pursuits you love and the reading that gives you pleasure. For our nonfiction enthusiasts, our summer reading list is here, and we’ve opted to share a short and varied list of reads, knowing that your time is particularly precious this year. Our hope is that these suggestions will inspire and strengthen us as we pursue authentic human connections, empathy, dialogue, future focused thinking, and physical and emotional well being. We also hope the readings give us new lenses on learning and how we develop as learners at any age and any stage. Let us know what you think!

So, you have successfully dealt with the now -- the pivot to remote learning and governance, keeping the virtual trains running on time, sustaining your community and leadership teams, creating virtual graduations and end of year celebrations. Much has been accomplished yet there is an impending sense of dread, what next?