We want to congratulate all of our seventh and eighth grade students for their incredible performances last week during the production of Beauty and the Beast. It was a pleasure to see so many parents, students, friends and alums in attendance each night and we are already excited about next year. All of the staff, parents, and friends of the school who worked to make this production a success have my deepest appreciation and gratitude.

Thank you to all of you who have returned your enrollment contracts for next year. We are excited to welcome back so many students and also to welcome so many new students. 2015-2016 is already promising to be a great year!

On Thursday you will receive a link to our annual TGS survey. We are pleased to offer you this opportunity to provide valuable feedback on your experience at TGS. The survey will run from Thursday, April 2 to Thursday April 16. If you have more than one child at TGS, there are specific instructions in the email you will receive on Thursday to help you fill out one survey that covers all of your children.

This week marks the beginning of our middle school art electives. Tomorrow seventh and eighth graders embark on a six-week intensive study of a single medium. Students have extended three-hour class periods, which allow for in-depth inquiry and the opportunity to explore a longer work in an area of new interest or to further develop a known strength. This year, students will study black and white 35mm photography at InSight Photography, video production with artist and TGS parent Rachel Portesi, and screen printing with our art teacher Hannah Richards. This is an exciting time for our middle schoolers to pursue focused projects that synthesize the concepts of art making that they've studied over many years at TGS, with an intensive study of their chosen medium.

If you are at all interested in the Hermitage Club memberships being offered by TGS for the Auction, please see the announcement below about a special offer to pick them up quickly before they are offered to the general public!

Please join me in congratulating Michael Brown who has accepted the position of Head of School at Mountain Sun Community School, in Brevard, NC. Michael had previously served on the Board of Trustees at MSCS and he is excited to serve as their second Head of School starting July 1. We will miss Michael, Susan, Noah, and Wren, and wish them all the best of luck as they head back to North Carolina on this new adventure. Michael has done a wonderful job this year in admissions at TGS and I thank him for all he has offered our school. Meanwhile, a search for a new Director of Admissions is underway and we are impressed and pleased with the volume and quality of candidates who have applied. We will keep the community posted as we make progress in the search and as always, please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.