Happy New Year 2007

I write this message with a bittersweet feeling…happy new year. It is now 2007 and this will be Rayen’s last year. Seems too hard to believe. I didn’t graduate from Rayen, but many of my aunts and uncles did. My parents went to Rayen in the 30’s, and my grandmother graduated from The Rayen School in 1909.

Over the past 18 years at Rayen, I’ve taught English, Speech, Drama, Journalism, and the Yearbook – not all at the same time, of course! I feel blessed to have spent most of my teaching career in a school that has come to mean so much to me. Each year I met wonderful students who made me realize what a rewarding career teaching can be.

But now our days at Rayen are numbered. The school will close this June, and it will be torn down by August. When I walk through the wide halls of Rayen it is hard to believe it will all soon be just a memory.

I will try to keep you abreast of what’s happening through this “blog.” Let me know what you would like to see on this website and we will try to make it happen for you!