Letter from Ruth
March 2008
Dear MLC colleagues and families:
For over thirty years, MLC has been my work and an important part of my life. With deep affection for you all, I'm writing now because I want to tell you directly about the retirement decision I've come to. I've decided that this will be my last year at MLC, and that I will be leaving MLC, and Portland Public Schools, at the end of the 2007-2008 school year.
I've made many friends here. I've worked with you in building this rich learning community. I've had the privilege of contributing to the nurturing of thousands of students and their families. I'm profoundly grateful for the appreciation and support that you've given me over the past thirty years. Each of you in your own way is special to me. Each of you has contributed to my growth.
I've thought about this for some time now, and have come to realize that there will probably never be a "perfect" time to leave MLC. My plans for next year are not clear, but I know that I want to use my skills and energy in community service.
I'm sure that my visits with family and friends will now be more frequent, and that foreign experiences during the school year will now be possible. I also look forward with pleasure to having more time for physical adventures and challenges.
I know I will miss you deeply and in ways I am not aware of yet. I look forward to continuing my friendships with you and my support of MLC fundraising activities.
I will long enjoy my memories of the many years of Run for the Arts, PTSA auctions, Project Second Wind, staff work sessions, social events, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, base stations, Project Week, Camp Hancock . . . and certainly each year's elective program, school photos, newsletter articles, testing, sign-ups, health screenings, picnics, teaching about Chanukah and making potato latkes, visitor information sessions, practicum student placements, volunteer recognition events . . . and the opportunities to work with students and parents and staff in our cafeteria, auditorium, hallways, and classrooms.
I thank you all.
Love,
Ruth Frankel
rfrankel@pps.k12.or.us
Dear MLC colleagues and families:
For over thirty years, MLC has been my work and an important part of my life. With deep affection for you all, I'm writing now because I want to tell you directly about the retirement decision I've come to. I've decided that this will be my last year at MLC, and that I will be leaving MLC, and Portland Public Schools, at the end of the 2007-2008 school year.
I've made many friends here. I've worked with you in building this rich learning community. I've had the privilege of contributing to the nurturing of thousands of students and their families. I'm profoundly grateful for the appreciation and support that you've given me over the past thirty years. Each of you in your own way is special to me. Each of you has contributed to my growth.
I've thought about this for some time now, and have come to realize that there will probably never be a "perfect" time to leave MLC. My plans for next year are not clear, but I know that I want to use my skills and energy in community service.
I'm sure that my visits with family and friends will now be more frequent, and that foreign experiences during the school year will now be possible. I also look forward with pleasure to having more time for physical adventures and challenges.
I know I will miss you deeply and in ways I am not aware of yet. I look forward to continuing my friendships with you and my support of MLC fundraising activities.
I will long enjoy my memories of the many years of Run for the Arts, PTSA auctions, Project Second Wind, staff work sessions, social events, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, base stations, Project Week, Camp Hancock . . . and certainly each year's elective program, school photos, newsletter articles, testing, sign-ups, health screenings, picnics, teaching about Chanukah and making potato latkes, visitor information sessions, practicum student placements, volunteer recognition events . . . and the opportunities to work with students and parents and staff in our cafeteria, auditorium, hallways, and classrooms.
I thank you all.
Love,
Ruth Frankel
rfrankel@pps.k12.or.us
posted at 8:36 AM
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