UPCOMING EVENTS AT LATIN
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October 14-15 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Middle School Fall Play October 20-22 Gnit, Upper School Fall Play November 17-18 Seussical, Kids, Lower School Musical SEPTEMBER 2017 November 9 Alumni Relations sponsored Book Discussion The Illusion of Separateness Myers Park Country Club Contact ssmith@charlottelatin.org
A NEWSLETTER FOR CHARLOTTE LATIN GRANDPARENTS
Charlotte Latin welcomes Fredrik Akerblom as the new Director of Development to lead the school’s philanthropic efforts. Fredrik has a long history of service in education and the nonprofit sector in the areas of major gifts, fundraising, operations and project management. He joins Latin from Uppsala University in Sweden, where he was the Major Gifts Officer and Manager of Development. Prior to Uppsala University, he was a management consultant in Connecticut and Director of Operations for the fundraising office of a North American global nonprofit organization, also in Connecticut. While Fredrik is from Gothenburg, Sweden, his wife Tanja is from Asheville, and this move to Charlotte brings them close to family in North Carolina and Tennessee. Please help us welcome Fredrik into our Latin community, fakerblom@charlottelatin.org or 704-841-7463. Read about all of Charlotte Latin’s new hires for the 2017-2018 school year.
Convocation FOR THE CLASS OF 2018
Ann Thompson Brock ’81, parent of Lucy ’13 and Thompson Brock, and Latin’s Director of Leadership Development, was the Class of 2018’s Convocation speaker on September 1. This ceremony, a gathering of the academic community, marked the beginning of the class’ senior year. This class was described by Head of Upper School Lawrence Wall, as “kind, genuine and good together.” Wall went on to tout impressive statistics of this group of seniors. Of this class’ 122 members, ten seniors have been recognized as AP Scholars, three as AP Scholars with Honor, and one as an AP Scholar with Distinction.
Headmaster Arch McIntosh, Director of Leadership Development Ann Thompson Brock ’81, and Head of Upper School Lawrence Wall
Ann shared words of wisdom with the Class of 2018 and fellow members of the audience. Her message, Life Lessons Learned from a Rock, presented the individual then collective perspectives of a boulder, a rock, a stone and a pebble. Boulder: Stay Grounded. Rock: Try Your Hardest. Stone: Be Still. And Pebble: Find Balance. In the end, Brock used her props to create a cairn, a navigational tool, and encouraged seniors to, “Take the first step. Get lost. Seek direction. Notice the cairns guiding your path. It is sure to be an adventure.” Click to read Ann’s address in its entirety. Charlotte Latin School
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