Along the path to my front door is my flower garden. I alternate between summer and winter annuals as our desert summer heat will easily burn up pansies, but vincas will bloom all summer long. This winter I have had deep purple petunias alongside white snapdragons and alyssum. They grow slowly through the colder months, but produce lovely blooms. Right now as the weather warms up, they are “going bonkers” as my husband says. The snaps have suddenly shot up tall with abundant white flowers, while the petunias look almost like bushes, they are so full of blooms.
I see a bit of the same uneven progress in many of my students. Some will make only token efforts during the winter, progressing but rather slowly. With the upcoming spring recitals and Achievement Day, they are practicing better, growing extraordinarily quickly like my snapdragons. Those imminent performances push them to bloom as much as they can. I’m grateful for DVMTA events like Achievement Day that give my students goals to work toward. I use an annual incentive program in my studio, and the students make progress, but when faced with the extra incentive of Achievement Day, they are more motivated.
This reminds me yet again of the beauty of DVMTA, the collaboration that allows us to put on these events for our students. Thank you to all the chairman and committee members that have worked (and will yet work) this year to bring these events to pass. Thank you to every teacher that has volunteered their time and energy to DVMTA. My students are blooming beautifully because of you!
Lorri McHardy
DVMTA President
Read the full April 2025 Newsletter
I see a bit of the same uneven progress in many of my students. Some will make only token efforts during the winter, progressing but rather slowly. With the upcoming spring recitals and Achievement Day, they are practicing better, growing extraordinarily quickly like my snapdragons. Those imminent performances push them to bloom as much as they can. I’m grateful for DVMTA events like Achievement Day that give my students goals to work toward. I use an annual incentive program in my studio, and the students make progress, but when faced with the extra incentive of Achievement Day, they are more motivated.
This reminds me yet again of the beauty of DVMTA, the collaboration that allows us to put on these events for our students. Thank you to all the chairman and committee members that have worked (and will yet work) this year to bring these events to pass. Thank you to every teacher that has volunteered their time and energy to DVMTA. My students are blooming beautifully because of you!
Lorri McHardy
DVMTA President
Read the full April 2025 Newsletter
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