Perseverance, persistence, teachability, and resilience are all skills needed for every aspect of life.
Congratulations to parents and students alike! We have entered the fourth quarter of the 2024-2025 school year - a tremendous accomplishment! As we begin this final push, perseverance is more important than ever! The ability to persist and face challenges sets apart those who will finish strong. We all know that committing to strong study habits, keeping commitments, and mastering complex subjects and tasks all call for perseverance to succeed. Parents, you can model steadfastness and encourage your student to persevere by helping them focus on their goals and celebrate successes. Students who understand that growth is the outcome of struggle will learn to embrace challenges as they come along rather than seeing them as roadblocks to success.
Perseverance, persistence, teachability, and resilience are all skills needed for every aspect of life. As students study for a challenging test, learn to play an instrument, train for a sport, or grow deeper in their faith, determination will help them to overcome obstacles. As we approach the final stretch of the school year, we can each commit to finishing with purpose and tenacity. Encourage your student to stay focused, study hard, remain diligent in keeping up, and rely upon God’s strength to endure. Making it successfully to the end of the school year is about more than having a particular skill or talent. It takes a willingness to keep going when things get tough. We can each foster perseverance and encourage our students to remain steadfast and finish the year strong.
2 Peter 1:5-7: “For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.”
- Natelle Austin
