RED & GOLD THE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE of CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Editor’s Note: THE CATHEDRAL SPIRIT DEAR COMMUNITY, The Red&Gold you now hold in your hands almost never was. In April learning and they speak to the creative ingenuity of our faculty and staff, Trustees, parents, and of course, our boys. What weaves all of these stories together is something I call the “Cathedral Spirit.”
IN THIS ISSUE 1 Message from the Headmaster 3 Editor’s Note 4 Portrait of a Pet 6 The Cathedral Spirit 10 Fufilling the Strategic Vision 13 Learning from a Distance with Grace 21 How to: Take a Virtual Vacation from your Dining Room 25 Tales of a Fifth-Grade Mom 27 Finding the Right High School Starts with Finding Self 31 Master Teacher Award 32 Pearls of Wisdom 34 Rising Voices with Jordan Gomes ’08 38 Moving In, Up, and On 40 Escape the Screen and the Scene
2020, Headmaster Jones and I put the magazine’s production on hold due to the uncertainty of what the rest of the school year would bring us. In June, we decided to bring the magazine back for the 2019-20 year, and thus, I had to reconsider which school stories should be told. Each magazine I have creative directed since 2015 has fashioned itself as a year-in-review and included sections on our school events, our alumni, our graduation, our Annual Report, and our international field trips*. However, the pandemic disrupted our typical review. The collection of stories before you, such as “Tales of a Fifth- Grade Mom,” “Escaping the Screen and Scene,” and “Learning from a Distance with Grace,” were written in the last few months of the school year and the early months of the summer. They are a snapshot of how we managed our shift to distance
A spirit that remains steadfast. It flows through our School (and through this magazine) and proves that a community “bonded by open-heartedness, hope, compassion, and concern” can surmount any trial. This will be my last Red&Gold as the acting Editor-in-Chief. It was my great pleasure to get to know your boys over the last five years. I have thoroughly enjoyed developing the stories about the wonderful daily life of our Cathedral School for Boys. Cheers,
Katie Rice Jones *This year’s Annual Report will contain some of the magazine sections that were excluded from this publication of the Red&Gold.
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On the Cover... The Cathedral Spirit:
OUR MISSION
RED&GOLD TEAM
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Katie Rice Jones COPY EDITORS Megan Brown Harrison Wilkes DESIGN Jenna Del Vigna PHOTOGRAPHY Michele Bell
Little Brother Charlie Olshan ’28 and Big Brother Caden Crosby ’24 share a book and a hug. (Cover Photo: Katie Rice Jones)
To provide an excellent education for boys at the elementary level. To attract a diverse student body of strong academic potential.
To provide a school committed to intellectual inquiry and rigor, centered in the Episcopal tradition, respectful of and welcoming to people of all religious traditions and beliefs. To develop social responsibility through exemplary programs of outreach and service. To create a community bonded by open-heartedness, hope, compassion, and concern.
4th-grade boys posted love notes around the School during Valentine’s Day 2020.
Elizabeth Jones Katie Rice Jones
Cathedral School for Boys, a department of Grace Cathedral, is accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools, and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Episcopal Schools. As an institution with 501(c)(3) non-profit status, it relies on the generosity of individual and community support and an active Parents Association to fund its annual operating and capital needs. If you’d like to make a gift to the School or would like more information on how you can make a difference in the lives of the School and our boys, please contact Yvonne Blaxter at Blaxter@cathedralschool.net. All gifts to the School are fully tax-deductible as allowed by law. CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS 1275 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 771-6600 www.cathedralschool.net
Boys line up to check out a good book with Ms. Decker.
Newly-minted Big Brother and Little Brother head to lunch hand-in-hand.
Ms. Rieger with her second-grade boys
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