Lights, camera, roll! Salado is in the House!

Friends,

It is 5 A.M., the parking lot only has a few spaces left.  Parents with half-filled coffee cups are in the stands -- pride spilling over into liquid awesome.

On the field the football team, in full uniform, is running plays.  The cheerleaders are doing cheers and performing eye-popping acrobatics  that would make America Has Got Talent jealous.  The track team is running "wide open" around the track -- full blast.  The soccer team has taken a challenge from another school and has greeted the morning with buckets full of -- you guessed it -- ice cold water.  Baseball, golf, basketball and other teams are "in the house and on the field."  And to make it all special there is the band and the Lady Eagles Pep Squad bringing great music, dance, and lots of energy to the festive occasion.

Why all of this?  It is Channel 10's spirit week and on Wednesday, Salado ISD was highlighted.  It was a grand occasion with speeches and smiles and interviews that lasted until 7 A.M.  What a morning to greet Bell County's resident as they watched one of the best schools in Texas demonstrate their excellence and expertise.

The morning will be well etched in the minds of those who saw it first-hand and on TV.   And, when they drive by the schools, one will hear "that is our school filled with outstanding youth and children making the world a better place in which to live."

Let it be said loud and clear, our students are not preparing for tomorrow; they are preparing for now.  Actively involved in service organizations and city government, they are receiving "on the job training" that will give them the experience to handle the challenges and joy of tomorrow.

A dreaming visionary?  No, just a believer that with Salado's youth and children; the best is yet to be for our country.  Someday, there will be a Senator Becky; a Congressman John; a Governor Marie; a President Will  -- all from Salado.

                                         Very respectfully,  Skip