Field of Dreams

First of all I apologize for the long time in between posts. It has really been crazy around school and there have been so many things going on as we finish the school year. I titled this post Field of Dreams because I was lucky enough to take our National Technical Honor Society members to the Fort Wayne Tin Caps game the other day. Mr. Unverferth came up with the idea to give these excellent students a day off for all their hard work over the last couple of years and treat them to a day they truly deserved. Well I will tell you we were certainly blessed with absolutely beautiful weather that day. The seats Mr. U got for us were unbelievable. We were the first row, right next to the home dugout on the first base line. Being this close to the game kept all of us on our toes, keeping an eye out for the line drive foul balls.

As I looked out at the players as they stretched before the game, I thought about all their dreams and hopes for the future. The Tin Caps are the Single A team for the San Diego Padres. Most of these players are right out of college and are putting everything on the line to make the "Big Show", the major leagues. The odds of a lot of these players making the pros isn't very high but certainly many of them do make it to the next level and then into the majors. It is a dream they have and they work very hard to obtain it.

It didn't take me long to look at our students sitting all around me and realize that these students who are the best of the best at Vantage, also are about to set out with so many hopes and dreams. They will work hard to obtain those goals and I know they will. They have their entire life ahead of them. They have opportunities that many of us never had. They will fall, get back up, suffer disappointments and celebrate great achievements. I am proud of all of these students and I can tell you that our future is in very good hands. To be able to spend a few hours with these students made me realize that we all need to hold on to our dreams, encourage others in their dreams and be proud of our youth here at Vantage. They truly are our future and ready to get out on the field.

In closing, I can't help but mention what an awesome night we had here at Vantage on Wednesday. The R.K. Thompson banquet was held to honor students from Crestview, Van Wert, Lincolnview and Vantage, who have overcome some pretty tough obstacles in their life and still have been successful. All 10 finalist have some outstanding stories and they should all be proud of where they are. The two winners, one male and one female, were both from our Welding program. They are Bailey Stegaman and Marcus Tarlton. Congratulations to these two outstanding students and their instructor Mr. Brent Wright, who was also a R.K. Thompson winner. Once again, two students ready to set out on their field of dreams.