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Celebrating the 2023-2024 School Year!
Read more: Celebrating the 2023-2024 School Year!As the school year draws to a close, I want to send a big thank you to our community for a fantastic year. Together, we have shared so many special moments, watched our students take giant leaps forward, and accomplished many new milestones.
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The Gift of Presence
Read more: The Gift of PresenceWhen I was a child my mother used to take me into the forest to look for edible wild mushrooms. She had learned which mushrooms were safe to eat from her older sisters and brothers—and who knows where they learned it!
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Onward and Upward!
My favorite professor at Assumption College, Thomas Puchalsky, taught American and European Literature. The most engaging and inspiring teacher I’ve ever had, on weekends he’d host soirees where we cooked collective meals, read poetry in a variety of languages, and listened to opera.
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Ending a Unique Year
As we approach our promotion and graduation ceremonies, we look back on an extraordinarily difficult and challenging year. Because of the pandemic, we could not give each other hugs, sit and chat on the deck in front of the school, or do many of the community activities we normally plan each year.
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Adjusting To COVID-19
Read more: Adjusting To COVID-19Well, it has been a summer like no other. Vacation plans have had to be modified or canceled altogether. We’ve had to live with completely altered schedules and in anxiety for our families’ health and well-being.
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One Global Family
Read more: One Global FamilyWhat a difference a month makes. The whole world is reacting to a pandemic of a previously unknown virus. It’s an emergency on a global scale, dominating every news cycle.
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Education Needs a Radical Change
Read more: Education Needs a Radical ChangeAfter watching a film about the life of Jane Goodall, and then reading a recent interview with her, I was struck by her stark observations regarding the state of our planet.
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Building Bridges
Read more: Building BridgesAs I think about the complex and swiftly changing world our students are coming of age in, I see that one of the biggest challenges they will face is the level of polarization in our society.
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