“Perfection
is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”
Vince
Lombardi
By
Tommie Saylor
Kennedy
High School
Back
in 2014 when Kennedy High School received a Bronze Badge from U.S. News &
World Report for being in the top 25 percent of schools in the nation with our
demographics for making academic gains, I was ecstatic.
I
could not imagine John F. Kennedy High School being nationally ranked, nationally
recognized, a once-in-a-lifetime experience; educationally it was like winning
the Super Bowl or World Series.
In
2015 when the tradition continued, I was honored. The only school in the
Downriver community to earn such an honor for two consecutive years. Don’t
get me wrong, others also received such recognition, but not for two
consecutive years.
Along
with this feeling came the inevitable foreboding: Is this the end? Will
our streak of educational recognition, our national ranking end with two
consecutive years?
Then
it happened, for the third consecutive year, an accomplishment not seen by any
school in the Downriver area, Kennedy High School has been awarded a Bronze
Badge from U.S. News & World Report.
Once
is great, twice is amazing, but three consecutive years is a dynasty. A
tradition of excellence that has been born here in Taylor.
Though
we may often disagree, fight, and banter back and forth, we are all
passionately fighting for the same goal; that which is best for our students.
I have never been more proud to work with such a team of professionals than the
staff of Kennedy High School.
How
and where will you lead them. Making Kennedy the school of choice. Excellence
by design….
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