Welcome Back to School!

As the days become shorter and the month of August is drawing to a close, teachers and students alike are busy with preparations for the coming school year. We at the Wordfest office have been very busy with our own preparations and are really looking forward to our twentieth anniversary Festival.

The back to school season is upon us!

Along with piles of crisp and colourful autumn leaves and bright orange pumpkins, Fall ushers in a host of new routines. Soon to be gone are the long summer afternoons gobbled up by hopscotch and sprinklers, instead replaced with the anticipation, excitement, anxiety that comes with the first day of a new school year.

We hope you had a very relaxing and well deserved summer break and that you are feeling invigorated, refreshed and rejuvenated for the new year.

We thought you might enjoy and share this inspirational video featuring Dalton Sherman, a fifth grade student from Texas who wants to express gratitude towards all of the teachers who have inspired and encouraged him, and allowed him to reach his potential.