Weekly Update from the Secondary School

Dear parents, 

This is it! The last Leopard’s Tale of 2022-2023. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your dedication to the school, and to your children’s education. I haven’t met all of you yet, but I hope that will change in the future. 

This is our third school year informed by COVID, and every year we make steps towards returning to what we remember to be normal. In my heart of hearts I know that we will get there. It may be August, but it also very well may be a year from now, or two years from now. We are all subject to the vicissitudes of fate and the genetic mutation of viruses, so to speculate as to what it will all look like in a couple months is foolhardy and pointless. Amor Fati, look at the data and be flexible. This is the only way forward in a pandemic (hopefully soon to be endemic) world. 

As this IS the last Leopard’s Tale of the school year, I want to thank all the students and teachers for all their hard work, as well as the tireless labor and dedication of the Secondary Leadership Team: Ms. Fiona Moss, Ms. Julie Baldry, Ms. Driekie Smith, Ms. Chantra Reinman, Ms. Monica Murphy, Ms. Ingrid Turner, and of course Ms. Maché Adonis. Without this team we would not have had as successful a year as we’ve had in 2021-2022. I look forward to working with them next year. 

Have a wonderful break, if a break is in the works, and we will see you all next year!

Dr. Rick Odum