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February 3, 2017 February 2018 Greetings from Chatham HallDear FriendsI hope this correspondence finds you well. It’s the midpoint in our school year and what a glorious to beAcademic you. 2018 bringshave withbeen it much excitement I look What a pleasure it is had. in touch with few months we have and athletic successes plentiful. We’ve and seenjoy. students on the amazed exams how quickly and graciously time has relishTurtles the memories back perform wellFall on national and in robotics competitions. Inpassed. fact, theI Tutu Roboticsof theater production Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s the phenomenal spirited Team won their December meet andoftook home a special leadership award.Hour, We have also Purple seen students by colleges withofearly decision offers ofSallie admission. While the Goldrecognized athletic games, the visit Leader in Residence Krawcheck, anddestinations our whole of and our seniors will not spring,Living we areModern off to a exhibition terrific start. excursion tobe thesolidified Georgiauntil O’Keeffe at the Reynolda House school Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem. The fall months were filled with energy and I continue to and be inthe awe of the creative of our students. In the fall wasinto treated of thetalents first half of the us the mostcommunity successfully engagement momentum year propels to incredible performances. TheasOctober dancelaunched recital was eerily audience members term.live Excitement we are well into this beautiful dynamicas semester. second abounds proceeded through a sophisticated haunted house of movement performance. Interestingly, our fall play live also in evoked ghosts, but far more humorous in nature. Blithe Spirit was a smashing success. an interesting era.was Never before been quicker. We has innovation Change is constant; Aligned with spirit, the Christmas wasa filled with joyful traditions. In addition to the many ahead, or even on course,Season remains challenge. And yet, we persevere. At Chatham Hall keeping activities on campus, St. Mary’s Choir members shared their beautiful voices on the courthouse we work thoughtfully to ensure girls are armed with the skills and tools to succeed in this volatile steps as By partproviding of the celebration Christmas in to thetake town. girls withofopportunities risks, to assert themselves, to challenge period. convention, we teach them tenacity, resilience, and fortitude. There is no better example than that We also see student strengths shared with the community at large. Being a good neighbor is not just set by our award winning Tutu Turtles Robotics team. In a recent competition, a mechanical something that is nice to do, it is a responsibility. In empowering girls to better the world, we must ethically questionable tactics of the opponent, created consternation failure combined with the ethically questionable tactics of the opponent, created consternation for also empower them to make a difference locally. Each week we offer activities where students can for our team. Instead of quitting, our girls professionally and thoughtfully advocated for our team. Instead of quitting, our girls professionally and thoughtfully advocated for themselves support others. These have included visiting senior citizens, hosting a blood drive, working with themselves officials. They hardertechnical to resolve technical issues. back to officials. to They worked evenworked hardereven to resolve issues. They foughtThey backfought utilizing children, environmental clean up, preparing food boxes for crisis centers, and everything in-between. utilizing intellect, grace, collaboration andWhat honor. an indelible impression Tutuleft Turtles intellect, grace, collaboration and honor. an What indelible impression the Tutu the Turtles on all Recently Chatham Hall was named “Mentor of the Month” by the Chatham chapter of the Boys and left on all who witnessed the tournament. I firmly believe thatcontinue we musttocontinue provide our who witnessed the tournament. I firmly believe that we must providetoour students Girls Club. students with experiences suchWhen as this. we give girls opportunities togive fail, them we give them with experiences such as this. weWhen give girls opportunities to fail, we opportunities to discover and cultivate abundant strengths. Making a difference was the theme of Leader in Residence Reshma Saujani’s keynote address to our community. Saujani, founder of the grassroots organization Girls Who Code, spoke to her our girls, our institution ever shifting independent school landscape, we Like is strong. In an a volatile independent landscape, weprograming continue experience of identifying a problem, the small number of women inschool the technology and continue outpace industry At of thethis time ofestablishing thisdata writing, data for Hall are to outpacetoShe industry Attrends. theintime points forpoints Chatham Hall arelearn industries. sharedtrends. her process solving thiswriting, by opportunities forChatham girls to Ourskills Enrollment Office reports a 7.5% increase domestic applications extremely coding andfavorable. to teach their to others. Saujani’s message was one of in salience for our students. She at this time. We anticipate an extremely robust enrollment for Fall 2018. over last year reinforced the concept “you can’t be what you can’t see” advocating for the importance ofThe reports record resilience fund performance. These metrics are Advancement breaking annual cultivating role Office models.also Saujani illustrated and how opportunity emerges even in failure. most positivewas in supporting Her message exhilarating.the school’s long term and economic sustainability.
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