JUGHEADS
Youth Juggling Company, LLC
5905 Concord Avenue
Edina, MN 55424
jugheads@comcast.net
or 952.926.0896

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March 2006

"JUGHEADS Comes of Age"

Our first three-ever Jughead high school seniors are turning 18: Lauren, Kelsey Harr, and Jill. (Our youngest "birthday girl" this month, Juliana, was born the same year that Kelsey began juggling!) These three soon-to-be high school graduates will be the first-ever kids to never drop out of JH. They'll graduate as Jugheads, and more: pioneers, role models, inspirations, young adults with a consistent anchor reaching all the way back to grade 4 (Kelsey) or 5 (Jill and Lauren). As the company ages, so will its veterans, its alumni, and its founder. Before long, if God wills, I could be older than the average JH parent!

I'm under no illusions: I can't necessarily measure the depth of a relationship by the quantity of years. I still have occasional contact with several former Jugheads, both in high school and in college. Many of them dropped out before we had such a momentum of roster retention, varsity lettering incentive, a developed assistant and officer program, and other marks of a maturing organization.

Nonetheless, there comes a special personal and corporate satisfaction in knowing that JH is a worthy priority that can span the high school years. Reaching graduation as a Jughead may be like the odds of a Boy Scout reaching the rank of Eagle: 1 in 100. However, the values received and given by such Jugheads will leave a legacy that will last a lifetime. Congratulations to these young ladies who began juggling as young girls.