Summertime! As the last bell rings for Mat-Su students, in Alaska, we engage in a stunningly beautiful place to live and form our relationships that make up our lives. Thinking back over this school year, teachers and administrators remember those students who made it to class on time, prepared, and ready to learn. They remember those who weren’t, too. Coaches hear the echoes of the thundering cheers from moms and dads on the sidelines to see if the ball went in the hoop, was spiked over the net, kicked past the goalie, or crossed the goal line. Win! Nervous musicians, poets, and Thespians paced in the wings waiting for the curtain to rise, for the first note, and for the swelling finale. And, now, the last final is graded, kindergarteners are first graders, eighth graders became high school freshmen, high school seniors are graduates, and life goes on.