“Luck is not chance,
It’s toil;
Fortune’s expensive smile
Is earned.” ~Emily Dickinson
Dear Friends;
Each year the spring issue of the 623 Today features stories of individual successes. This is year is no exception, and the current issue is full of individual triumphs and honors. Needless to say, the entire Roseville Area Schools’ community is very proud of all our award winners, honor students, talented athletes, gifted visual artists, the many speech/drama students and our legions of virtuoso musicians. My most hearty and sincere congratulations to each and every one of our very successful students and alumni featured in this issue. It is true that “toil, not chance” has earned them their well-deserved recognition. Congratulations!
As we recognize a top athlete, applaud the lead actor, give a standing ovation to the soloist or salute a top scholar, it is easy to forget the many others who work in concert with these gifted individuals to make them better and more successful. Behind every great singer is a group of musicians and a music instructor, like Dean Jilek, who makes those high notes a reality. Each lead actor needs a supporting cast and a director, like Margot Olsen, to make their performance leap out at the audience. No softball pitcher, no matter how talented, will win a single game without the support of her teammates and a coach like Paula Buie. No post secondary scholarship is earned without the numerous classmates who challenged the scholarship winner over the years or without positive and motivating parents.
While there needs to be a starting five, a first chair, a lead in the play or number one class rank, there will always be the support cast who make it all possible. I will always be very proud of the many individual champions and award winners, but I will never forget the many unsung heros who helped make it possible……I hope you don’t either.
Congratulations to all of you on earning “fortune’s expensive smile”……you’ve earned it!
Sincerely,
Dr. John Thein
Superintendent