Dear Alumni & Friends,
Whether from the Quad or the mountaintop, September at LA is full of great views into a promising year. We opened school for the 226th year with a student body of 395 with students from 18 states and 20 different countries. With 137 new students, we look forward to helping them feel at home here with us and to making a difference in their lives.
Here on the hillside, we continue to hone our educational principles and practice. At opening assembly, Head of School Dan Scheibe talked about the LA motto,
Omnibus Lucet
— “The light shines for all...” — reminding us all that each member of the community has a special talent, and the mission of LA is to illuminate those talents and to help all achieve their best. What we say in our strategic thinking is what we live in real life every day at LA: “we are motivated to see our students flourish through the balanced development of intelligence and well-being in a welcoming, open culture, where each student is at the center of that endeavor.”
Stay tuned for news of how these aspirations are being realized and developed. We’ll be providing updates and inspiration from both our new Assistant Head of School for Academic Life, Jamie Baker, and our Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Professional Growth, Raquel Majeski.
As is our over-100-year tradition, on Monday, September 17, we climb Mount Monadnock. This meeting of school and mountain draws faculty, staff, and LA students — many of whom have never climbed a mountain before — together in a memory-building climb to a different view-scape and a wider outlook.
We love to hear from alumni
about their Mountain Day experiences.
If you haven't been back to campus lately, do stop by this fall.
From the Hillside,
