Dear Principal,

Thank you for your blessings. Knowing that we have your support relieves stress for my wife and me.

Was working on my resume yesterday and got reminded of why the ‘L’ in NorthLight is capitalised.

When I was working on a S.A.I.L online lesson, my Head of Department asked you and the founding principal about the reasons why. I documented them in the lesson itself.

It seems a pity that outside of our institution, people tend to neglect to capitalise the ‘L’. I am particularly concerned because the notion of Light is an important one, because it metaphorically (positive presence) or scientifically (photosynthesis). I have a lesson on Light that made it all the way to Ministry of Education’s Facebook page.

Our students are used to articulating what they should do (‘Never Give Up’). I wonder if they understand why they should persevere. Making salient the ‘L’ could remind them to be a light and shine some brightness on others.

Personally, I graduated from Anderson Junior College. I won’t say that I live by its motto (‘Non mihi solum’ which is Latin for ‘Not for myself alone’), but it’s one of the things I like about my alma mater.

I see that our official Facebook page bears our name with a capital  ‘L’. Perhaps the next step is to inform our staff - veterans and newbies alike - of this interesting aspect of our history.