Dear CPLS families:

It has been such a blessing for me being with you these months. You have been so very good to me, offering your prayers concerning the selling of the house (it still has not sold but it will) and many other things. As much as I like summer, when you are used to the sounds of students filling the hallways and classrooms, the silence can be deafening, even disturbing. I told someone once that school is supposed to be noisy, it is a sign of life. So the summer brings quiet and, frankly, I quickly miss the students and everything they bring. The opportunity that we have as staff to assist you in rearing your children comes from our Father. He has called you to educate your children. You have chosen to ask CPLS to assist you in your task and we do so with fear and trembling, primarily because of what is at stake. Our mission statement declares that we want to develop lifelong learners who will enrich their community and God's Kingdom, but nowhere does it say that this is only a task for graduates. I see our students, families, and staff fulfilling this mission and want you to get out there and do the same!

This next year you will hear from me regularly. I have spent the first few months watching, listening, asking questions and learning. As I continue those things, I will also be taking opportunities to communicate in other ways. I look forward to those times and hope you do as well.

I will be at the school during most of the summer with the exception of attending and speaking at the Association of Classical Christian Schools conference in North Carolina in June and some time off back in Mississippi. If you are close to the school, I'd love to see you and your children. My baseball gloves are handy.

Dr. Michael Johnson
CPLS Headmaster