Academic Year 2020/2021 • Volume One
OnCAMPUS CRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
A Newsletter for Parents, Grandparents, Friends, and Alumni
Inside
Cover: Election 2020 Visual Arts Leading the Way Meet the New Trustees Meet the New Staffulty Technology Back to School Community Reimagined Protocols / Nature Spaces Academics Reimagined Alumni News Advancement Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Cronshaw Alumni Award
ELECTION 2020 crane edition At Crane, we strive to provide the highest level of hands-on
which is befitting for our students and community because
learning, as there is no better way for children to learn than
coyotes are local to our area and are highly intelligent, social,
by direct experience. Experiential learning often requires
and resourceful.
a degree of playfulness, curiosity, and celebration, so when
In the summer of 2012, we decided it was time for Crane to
events such as the national election cycles through every four
add a physical coyote to the campus. A bronze coyote mascot
years, our community takes the initiative to make it relatable
that would be ever-present in the main courtyard in front of
and fun for the students.
the theater. But, similar to adopting a pet, finding a suitable
When I arrived at Crane more than twenty years ago, we
coyote statue was not an easy task. Some coyote statues were
didn’t have an official mascot. Most people didn’t know about
fierce and scary, others too cartoonish and goofy. We finally
our founder, William Crane, so they thought our mascot was
found the perfect one, and I remember the day our coyote
a crane! While this species of bird is clearly impressive, the
arrived in his very own large crate. But, of course, it arrived
Crane Cranes felt too redundant, and was a bit disrespectful
without a name.
to Mr. Crane. So, we eventually became the Crane Coyotes,
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