Dear Mead Hall Families,
Happy New Year! I hope that with all things considered that we are all full of hope and God’s grace as we begin 2022.
As we return to school this January we are conscious of the continued health challenge and the potential disruption of Covid-19 with the rise of the omicron variant. We are again using the tools at our disposal to reduce Covid’s impact on the health of our community and to keep our students and faculty at school so that learning may continue uninterrupted. As always, we seek to balance our protection from the coronavirus with the general health and wellbeing of our students. Thank you for your support and I hope that we will be through this challenging period soon.
In the Christian life of our school we are in the season of Epiphany, which began on January 6th, the holy day that remembers the revelation of Christ as the Son of God to the Gentiles. This is described in the Gospel According to Matthew in the visit of the Magi, wise men from the east who follow the star in the sky to see the child who is born King of the Jews.
The light of the guiding star of Bethlehem reminds me that God lightens our paths as we navigate through good and ill in the lives he has given us. As we make the transition into this new year of 2022, we have the opportunity for reflection and resolutions. As our students begin the second semester, their report cards provide them with feedback that with maturity will hopefully guide them in setting goals for their academic achievement and personal growth in the second semester.
I hope that 2022 will bring us brighter days. As the wise men were guided by the star, may we be directed by God’s grace to see clearly and move forward with faith and confidence into a new year, as individuals, and as a school community.
In Christ,
Frank Sawyer
