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A Message from the Head of School
from 2022 Winter Beacon
by Harbor Day
“ “ We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
— WALT DISNEY
Is there anything more exciting than moving into a new home? With a mix of emotions, we said goodbye to our old schoolhouse in mid-December and entered the glass doors of our new home. The quick tours and celebratory ribboncutting that day launched the Harbor Day community into a new era.
As you will read, the new building features enduring elements of a Harbor Day education, such as a residentialinspired library. The library includes a large fireplace with a stone chimney that opens on the outside to two additional outdoor fireplaces. The building also provides spaces to support and encourage modern, student-centered educational practices. These spaces include a Design Lab and a Tech Hub, in addition to many dedicated collaboration spaces.
Navigating the beautiful new spaces and enjoying the upgraded furnishings and technology has energized and excited our students and teachers. The new schoolhouse also highlights the importance of community at Harbor Day School. For our school, place is important, but people are paramount. The connections we have with each other— in the niche under the stairs, the outdoor learning spaces, the eighth-grade deck, and throughout the campus—make our school an ideal learning environment.
Connections among students and between students and faculty are fostered in the middle school by our Advisory Program. Be sure to read about the goals and benefits of Advisory in seventh-grade teacher Ms. Khanhvy Phan’s article. Sixth-grade advisor, Mr. Jon Grogan, compares Advisory to “a Lego set because it is built piece-by-piece with the precision and care of a master builder.”
Like Advisory, our school progresses piece-by-piece on a foundation of care and community. If you haven’t had a chance to visit in a while, please call us to schedule a visit. We love connecting with our community.
Gradatim ad Summum, Angi Evans
Head of School
