Shelton-Mason County Journal - Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886

North Mason School District Superintendent Dana Rosenbach recently informed her students' families, through a letter sent to welcome them back to school for the 2023-24 year, that the district sees the process of fostering certain values in its students as similar to tending a garden.

Rosenbach recounted how district and building administrators devoted one of their training and leadership sessions to selecting "impact words" to describe ways of "building our garden and developing our soil."

Those words - including "empower," "honesty," "partnership," "supportive," "intention," "consistency,...