As teachers putter in and around their spaces, the promise and optimism of a new school year are in the air. I have always said that those of us who chose education as our vocation are eternal optimists, working through the cycle of a year, breathing over the summer, and starting up again, hoping to refine, refresh, or reinvent a lesson. It is indeed meaningful work that fills my bucket in so many ways. Here is to the start of another year filled with teaching, learning, and growth.