After getting WordPress to fix some issues… (thank you, Karen Kemp!), I am excited to relaunch my Head of School’s blog again this year.  From time to time, posts will be created and published and an email will be sent to you with a link so that you can access and read it if you choose.  My intention is to use this communications tool as an opportunity to share a wide variety of topics and ideas with you.  It will not serve as a newsletter, nor is it meant to replace “Noteworthy News,” “Just the Facts,” a letter to the community, although, at times, I may write about goings on at the school and other stories about BFS.  Expect me to occasionally share an article I’ve just read, information about a favorite book or one that has caught my attention, reflections about Friends education, a moment in a classroom, an accomplishment of a teacher and/or class, stories about child development, thoughts about parenting, and more.  After all, it’s a blog!  And, whenever possible, expect a picture or two, or three…

We’re all looking forward to seeing everyone at our special community celebration on Friday, October 18 (an adult-only event) from 6:30-8:00 in The Steve Bernardini Gymnasium (Steve is a beloved community member who taught at BFS for 42 years!).  If you are still thinking about attending, or you just have not replied yet to the invitations that have been sent, please plan to be with us and RSVP (HERE) today!  This is a rare and special opportunity for everyone to gather with other community members of the extended BFS family – from former students, staff members, and parents, to the many authors and supporters of our current visions for the school, to current members of our vibrant community.  If you are new to BFS, you really want to be there.  I promise that you will feel what others have known about BFS for years, for decades, for 230 years! – that there is a singularly special quality to BFS, one that is centered around its people, their collective strength, and their ability to accomplish great things together.  It would mean the world to me to see you as we celebrate these things and join together to make a toast to our future.

One of the joys of my job is that I get to experience this beautiful, expansive, and historic place and witness daily the quality of our program, the attention to each learner, the spirit of our community, and the comprehensive curriculum in action at BFS.  Throughout the year, in an effort to share with everyone more of what I get to see, moments are captured in pictures and posted on instagram.  You can access them by going to the link/button at the top of our website.  We’re building followers, so join us in celebrating and spreading the BFS story.  All posts are also “pushed” to Facebook, and another link/button sits at the top of our website (where you will also find a link to our “families” portal).  It is my hope that you and your children will enjoy these small windows into the life of our amazing school.  

In closing, I want to express my sincere regard for your children.  I am thoroughly enjoying observing and getting to know them as students and members of our school community.  Their love of learning, their enthusiasm for the programs we offer, and their interest in and appreciation of one another is impressive.  With the hope that all of this may inform you more about what I am thinking about, noticing, and valuing as your Head of School, thank you again for sending your children to BFS!