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This TabStart page features a curated collection of retirement poems for school principals. There are poems here that express gratitude for the work principals have done, and there is also poetry that encourages retiring principals to look forward to a peaceful and fulfilling future. This is also a retirement letter and speech here if you are a retiree looking for the right words to say goodbye to your colleagues.
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Poem for a Retiring Principal - The City College of New York website presents "Reflections on a Suburban School Day," which, although it was written specifically for one principal, is generic enough that it can be used for others as well. The poem explores the daily grind of being a school principal while it also reflects on the rewards of the post. The author writes, "A principal's labors never cease / Sometimes nightfall won't bring release."
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"Gratitude to Old Teachers" - a Poem by Robert Bly - The Library of Congress website presents "Gratitude for Old Teachers" from Robert Bly's Eating the Honey of Words poetry collection. This poem is specicially intended for teaches; however, it can certainly be used at the occasion of a principal's retirement.
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"On Retirement" - a Poem by Philip Morin Freneau - Phillip Morin Freneau's "On Retirement" presents lovely imagery as it considers what to hope for in retirement. This poem is suitable for anyone who is retiring in that it considers universal questions of how it is best to live.
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David Wright's "Lines on Retirement" - a Poem for a Retiring Principal - The Academy of American Poets* presents David Wright's witty and charming "Lines on Retirement, After Reading Lear." This is a a light-hearted poem about the pitfalls of retirement, and it would be appropriate to present to a retiring school principal.
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Retirement Letter from a Principal - This page presents an actual retirement letter published in a school newsletter by a retiring principal in Washington. She expresses how much the years at the school have meant to her, and she thanks all of those involved for making it an enjoyable experience.
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College President Retirement Speech to Faculty - This page provides the retirement speech delivered by the president of Knox College to the school faculty. He notes what the school has meant to him, and he also apologizes for the timing.