Jane's Pocket Change: Milestones and Recognitions

Jane Moulding, Head of School
Our End-of-Year faculty and staff meetings follow fast on the heels of graduation: two days of group work, reports, setting up new agendas and closing up older ones. Our “chalkboard” exercise on how we assess our work on cultural competency was revealing as we learned what others had done, their challenges and their hopes for next year. Our accolades about students who are developing with impressive strides  during their time here was equaled by my colleagues’ testimonials that prove we all come to work each day for the right reasons: to nurture the development of our students and to work in a community of mindful adults.
 
Our End-of-Year faculty and staff meetings follow fast on the heels of graduation: two days of group work, reports, setting up new agendas and closing up older ones. Our “chalkboard” exercise on how we assess our work on cultural competency was revealing as we learned what others had done, their challenges and their hopes for next year. Our accolades about students who are developing with impressive strides  during their time here was equaled by my colleagues’ testimonials that prove we all come to work each day for the right reasons: to nurture the development of our students and to work in a community of mindful adults.
 
And then this past Wednesday we had our annual luncheon recognizing milestones and farewells. This is a wonderful occasion to acknowledge all the work our faculty and staff are involved in and recognize the luminaries of our school. Tom Evans (dean of faculty and visual arts department): 30 years of service. Tony Loreti (stepping down as visual arts department chair, photography teacher): 20 years. 15 years of service to CSW: Gustavo Brasil (music), Evelina Galper (math and dorm parent), Trish Saunders (admissions), and this head of school. We congratulated Melisa Kjellander (admissions and dorm parent) and Gin Stanley (facilities) for reaching their 10-year milestone and Davin Bergquist (college counseling), Patrick Foley (history and dorm parent), Po-wei Weng (Mandarin and dorm parent) for five years of service.
 
Sadly we also said good-bye to: Anne-Catherine Higham (admissions), Kathryn Kell & Lelia Elliston (development & alumni/ae), Nicole Uhre-Balk (science), Stephanie Yackovetsky (technical theater fellow), Michael Vercillo (math, dorm associate, PEL fellow) and Devon Voake (ninth grade counselor and health educator).
 
In addition, I want to note the following people who left CSW before our final luncheon, our deep appreciation to all of them: Angela Gaffney and Jess Kim (marketing & communications), Rob Laverdure and Yan Lou (finance & operations), Claudia Mahan (development), Rachel Stoff (marketing & communications), Tonysha Taylor (student life), Will Weidman (college counseling), Katrina Wade (academic office) and Michael Westfort (technology). The majority of these positions have been filled and I look forward to having you join me in welcoming all our new colleagues in the coming months – stay tuned.
 
The life of a school is certainly about comings and goings – as each short 9-month school year ends we have occasion to celebrate not only our graduates but also our colleagues, departing and returning, all of whom I wish the brightest of futures. The life of a school is also very much about growth and change, new and renewed energy. As we all head into our summertime modes, know that I wish you all the very best.
 

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