First, you may have noticed that our Head of School, Sandi Wollum, has not been on campus.  She has had a family emergency and is down in California with her relatives, nursing her mother.  Please keep her in your good wishes and she will return as soon as she is able.  Mrs. Wollum is keeping in contact by emails and telephone calls.

 

Secondly, It's time to thing about "Summer at Seabury."  The first week begins on Monday, June 15th at 9:00am.  Three camps are going to be offered during that week: K-2nd-Meet the Author with Becky Young; 3rd-5th-Drama Queens and Kings with Tamara Ritchie; 6th-7th-Rocket gliders with Todd Ritchie.  Since these classes are offered during the first week after we get out of school, most of the attendees will be "Seabury friends" and the classes should be small.  I encourage Seabury parents to sign their kids up for one more "play/learning" week before the summer gets started.  Just go to www.seabury.org and download the application.  You can mail it in or toss it on my desk with the deposit.

 

Earlier in the day of the Groundbreaking, we took the fifth and sixth grade students down to the middle school location. Working with the construction crew, we helped to get things organized for the afternoon's event and students hung their body prints and writing on the wall for all to view later. Students also gladly pitched in to hang the photo display and other signage. Later that afternoon, we took the students down to the Farmer's Market and they were able to stroll though and around the market.

One of the things I gleaned from the day was that the students are truly excited to be in that location and that they were eager to think about themselves as middle school students. Being able to work in that space for the first time brought a concrete reality to an idea that has been on the minds of many for quite some time. Several people associated with the school made kind offers of assistance that bespoke the excitement and desire to see this project into fruition.