Ask different people when they celebrate the New Year, and you will get a bunch of different answers. For many of us, January 1 is the day for blackeyed peas, football, parades, and resolutions. Ask someone who celebrates Chinese New Year, however, and you'll get a different answer every year. That's because it depends upon the lunisolar calendar (look it up), which means the celebration could happen in January or February. In case you were wondering, Chinese New Year 2016 (which is actually 2130 on that calendar, which is a whole other story) is on February 8, which will be the Year of the Monkey.
If you work for the US Government, your New Year on the job will be October 1. If you're Tony Romo, it's March 10. If you're asking for alumni donations at Southwestern University, they better be in before the beginning of the new fiscal year on July 1. I think you're getting the idea...
For us here at Shepton, the New Year begins when our first groups of Freshmen and Sophomores walk through the doors of the school. Sure, your teachers and administrators and support staff and maintenence crew and cafeteria workers have been working for a while before that happens, but that's just like preparing the seven-layer dip for your big New Year's Eve party.
Our year truly begins with you, and we couldn't be more excited about it. This year is going to introduce some new faces, some new experiences, some new challenges, and some new opportunities. This blog will be a place for anyone who wants to take this journey with us or for anyone who wants to check in from time to time to see what's going on in our world.
Since no Back to School post would be complete without the obligatory funny/cute/inspirational video, we feel we must oblige...
And with that, we will head into our New Year with a crazy amount of excitement. We're glad you're here!
Mr. Moore and Miss Havins
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