As the sun rises over the horizon each day, we rarely get the opportunity to consider how the new day contributes to the month that forms part of a season that culminates in the year. A year's progress guides and shapes the development of all growing things. Though not necessarily in a tidy twelve-month cycle, while developing the new standards the AASL Standards and Guidelines Editorial Board worked day by day, assembling components gradually. With the new standards just about to dawn, let's take a moment to reflect on the seasons that have yielded the new standards. This article also contains a sidebar entitled "Implementation Task Force: A Broad Timeline" by Mary Keeling.