DEAR Cathedral School Community,
$1 million in pledges and gifts received for the second year running. To add to the excitement brewing in our hallways, next year we will finish our 60th year and look forward to celebrating this milestone with various activities and events that will emphasize the importance of history and sharing stories with younger generations. I know from my many years as a Cathedral parent and Trustee that we all have unique stories to tell about how the School has touched our lives. Next year’s festivities will provide a wonderful opportunity for all of us to share some of our stories. Please save the date of April 28, 2018 for a community-wide celebration of our school’s 60th anniversary. This year marks my thirteenth as a parent at Cathedral. It is a sign of the School’s uniqueness that I feel as engaged and excited by the community now as I did when we began this journey many years ago. One of my Trustee colleagues refers to this as Cathedral’s “special sauce.” The ingredients include dedicated and talented teachers and administrators who get to know every boy; a program that emphasizes compassion and service alongside top-notch academics; and the incredible generosity of our community members. Harking back to that line from Mary Oliver quoted above, the School fosters in our boys—and in fact, in all who set foot in the School—a sense of wonder, playfulness, and humility. Thank you for helping to make Cathedral School for Boys a place where learning is joyful for all involved. Warmly,
ONE OF MY FAVORITE POETS, MARY OLIVER, ONCE WROTE “Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say Look! and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.” These lines came to mind recently as our Board of Trustees voted to approve a new strategic plan for Cathedral School for Boys. These
lines aptly describe the process that the plan’s committee took when examining our school and identifying areas of growth over the coming years. The committee entered the process with open minds; willing to take a hard look at every aspect of our school. After many months of investigation and conversations, we settled on a plan with three major goals—program, place, and people. A focus on these goals will retain and strengthen those essential and much-loved qualities of our school, while adapting our program and facilities so that we remain a leader in boys’ education. If you haven’t already done so, I urge you to page through the beautiful Strategic Planning book that was distributed to our community. It describes in detail the exciting initiatives that the School will be adopting in the coming years. Even as the strategic planning process was underway, our school continued to thrive. Though only in his third year, our Headmaster has integrated seamlessly into our school. His presence can be felt everywhere, whether he is shaking the hands of the boys at morning drop-off, leading faculty in an exercise at staff meetings, or modeling risk-taking by singing his part in “We Three Kings” at Lessons & Carols. Under the watch of our remarkable development team, the Cathedral School Fund once again had a banner year, closing with over
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2016 ! 2017
Chris Nooney Board Chair
! LEFT to RIGHT: " David Chung Greg Gretsch Kath Tsakalakis David Hopkins ’98 (Alumni Association President)
Laura Morris Linda Mathews David Thier (Lifetime Trustee) Jane Dann
Christina Dunning (PA President) The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm C. Young (Dean of Grace Cathedral) Jennifer Hocking Byron Gill The Rev. Canon David Forbes (Lifetime Trustee)
Matt Thier ’00 Jay Thomson Michael Dunn Thayer Hopkins, Jr. NOT PHOTOGRAPHED Richard Jacobsen Matthew Steere Mrs. Charles Lowrey+ (dec)
Burns Jones (Headmaster) Chris Nooney (Chair, Board of Trustees) The Ven. Malcolm H. Manson
Trevor Traina ’82 Julie Terraciano Kate Hanson June Sakamoto
David Walker Setareh Farsio
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