A Note from the Gatekeeper
For the last few years, I've been honored to tend to a small square of space located behind the left wall of the main lobby of our local public high school. In this spot, it is my joy to meet, greet and get to know the students (and sometimes their parents) who make an obligatory pit stop at "my" window. Every year around this time, as graduation approaches, I get the same tightening of the throat as I recognize the closing of time I have with the students who have become familiar fixtures of my days. I am the gatekeeper of Conestoga Valley High School and this is a letter for those who frequent by the little ledge that has connected us: Dear graduating Seniors of Conestoga Valley High School, There are plenty of you I do not know well, but there are many of you whose impending departure from our hallowed halls has me feeling a mixed bag of sadness for your absence, disdain for change and above all, gratitude for what you all have taught me in my role as gatekeeper
