2-hr delay - Go Hoosiers!

Dear Seven Oaks families,

Next Monday, for the first time in its history, IU will play in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday night. For that reason, we will operate on a 2-hr delay on Tuesday, January 20.

In truth, I hope lots of students will stay up to watch, and the reason goes well beyond football. I think we all sense that for our community, this game is more than a game. It offers a moment to step into the spirit of true festivity. A true festival is a joyful pause from ordinary striving—a moment we receive as good, not merely “so that” we can produce more. When a whole community enters that spirit together, we’re tied more closely together and share gratitude and gladness, and we're reminded that our life together is based on more than utility. 

This team also embodies a basic human hope: The hope that we can overcome doubt (whether ours or others’) and make something of ourselves – the hope that we can enter the lists of life and prevail – the hope that a band of brothers, disciplined and united, can win out. This too is something we will share in next Monday evening.  

Thank you for partnering with us as we strive for wise rhythms of work and rest. We look forward to seeing students on Tuesday morning. Drop-off will start at 9:20 a.m. 

Go Hoosiers! 

Dr. Shipp