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SUNDAY LETTER June 11, 2017
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A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
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Thank You for Sharing
Thank you for sharing your sons and daughters with us for the past ten months. As the school year draws to a close, I reflect upon yet another year of successes for our students. At the very core of what we do, of course, is their academic growth. The class of 2017 has received admission to another strong set of colleges and universities, all of them very good fits for their individual profiles, and, as happens each year, academic success has been complemented by long lists of additional recognitions, both internal and external, in the visual and performing arts, literary creativity, athletics, service learning, speech contests, and community involvement. They attracted almost $6 million in scholarship offers from colleges and universities. See the list
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Awards and public recognitions apart, I always try to encourage students at the end of each year to reflect and focus on their individual growth. The "growth mindset" is so important to understand, appreciate, and embrace. May I encourage you to have these types of conversations with your sons and daughters during and after school is out? It's all very well to congratulate (or not) for grades. I am not advocating NOT doing that. But I am advocating expanding the conversations to: "What did you learn this year? What skills improved? What are you better at now than you were in September?" And not just in the academic realm, but in the all-important social growth realm. These are the so-called soft skills that can make or break students when they are in college and, later, in the workplace. We focus on them keenly on our campus.
The continuing quality of education at our schools is down to our faculty's consistent industry, passion, and commitment inside and outside the classrooms, and in the way administrators and staff leave no educational stone unturned. I thank my colleagues publicly here for their great work. Special nods to Athletic Director/Alumni Director Brian Knigin and English teacher Gayle Taylor who have each completed their 25th year with us, and art teacher Debbi Gelbart, who finished her 28th.
We finally broke ground on the new classroom buildings this week, so look for those six new classrooms to be up and running in August as enrollment continues to grow. Several more excitin
g projects and plans are in the works at board level. Look for news in the coming months of our "Strategic Vision for the Next Ten Years."
That's it from me until August 28. See you then.
Peter McCormack
Head of School
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Support the Andy Williamson Scholarship Fund
Join us and the Class of 2017 in supporting the Andy Williamson Scholarship Fund. We encourage all Husky families whose sons and daughters were taught and inspired by Mr. Williamson to co
ntribute to the fund. You may donate online
here
or send a check made out to RHP directly to the school.
The initial goal is to raise enough to sponsor an incoming 9th grade student from an underserved community for the next four years. My hope, and that of the senior class, is that we will be able to raise the amount needed before the end of the month so that we may quickly seek a suitable recipient to start in the fall.
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Congratulations Class of 2017!
More commencement photos coming early next week.
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