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LETTER FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
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To be a school that has been at the forefront of educating girls for a century is extraordinaryespecially in Los Angeles, where so often it is that which is new that is most celebrated. To put it into perspective, when Marymount was founded in 1923, it was two years before UCLA graduated its first class of 300 students, two years after the Hollywood Bowl was built, and the same year that the now iconic Hollywood sign was installed.
In recent history, it was almost 30 years ago that the Northridge earthquake wreaked havoc and destruction across the Southland. It was just over twenty years ago that the whole world was celebrating coming into a new century with excitement and trepidation. Would the internet still work? Would technology be able to handle the turning over of an era?
As we anticipate the 100th anniversary of our wonderful School on September 23, 2023, we are proud to be moving into a new century as Marymount students, faculty, families, and friends, and we look to the next 100 years with excitement and joyful anticipation of a future abundant with opportunities and promise. We are honored to be stewards of the remarkable legacy of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, and of the thousands of Sisters, students, parents, faculty, staff, and administrators who came before us.
100 years ago, though we would not have used phrases such as “girl power” and “lead-her-ship,” we still sought to grow those qualities in the hearts and minds of our students, to lift up their voices, and to educate women to be agents of change in the world. The pages ahead celebrate the many ways in which the Marymount mission endures and inspires the students of yesterday, today and tomorrow to live lives of consequence and service in making the world a better place so that all may have life. As we chart our course to 100, I invite you to join us at one of our centenary events and to consider the ways in which each of us can continue to play a vital role in our lived history.
With gratitude,
Jacqueline L. Landry Head of School
