Ludden’s Lighthouse

Dear Students,

I hope your summer was good.  I am very excited to be at Hopewell this year as your ESL Math intervention teacher and can’t wait for all the cool experiences we will have together! 

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ludden

I wanted to take a moment to express to my class and to their parents what a privilege it has been to work with you this year.  You have taught me as much as I hope that I have taught you.  We have made some incredible memories together, and I have always enjoyed your cooperation, kindness, and sense of fun.

Well, as it turns out, we are all ready for middle school.  I will not be returning to Gattis next year because I am taking an ESL position at Hopewell Middle School.  This is a very bittersweet decision for me to leave dear friends and students, but I am looking forward to some new challenges.  Gattis has not only provided a job for me but also a home for all three of my children, the last who is leaving for middle school now.  The Ludden family owes a debt of gratitude to all of them and to Mrs. Lucas.

Thanks to those of you who had me as a teacher for one of your older children and didn’t run the other way when you saw that I had a second!  It is these relationships, especially, that have been very precious to me.  I have loved going to your recitals, baseball games, birthday parties, etc.  I can only hope that the quality of my relationships at Hopewell will be a tiny fraction of the ones I have experienced here.