Conquering the Mountain. Daily.

“If you want to remember what it’s like to live in a child’s world, 

you’ve got to get down on your hands and knees 

and live like that for a week.” 

— Roald Dahl, children's author

Every day at Church Square Park (twice a day for some), Sky and Trees students climb to the top of the large climbing dome in the playground. Many stay up there and play entire games, jumping and swinging from rope to rope.

For the children who do not naturally gravitate here, we give them this challenge a few times a week. 

Some children scramble right up on the first day, and for others, it's taken them until this point in the year to do it ...

But they are doing it. 

And so I'm just taking a moment to say that these children, 
especially the ones for whom this is hard, 

are brave ...

and brilliant ...

and strong. 

We should always remember to celebrate all that they are capable of.