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Letter from the Head of School
Indonesia Talley ’21 and Laura Farrell take a selfie to celebrate graduation on June 5, 2021
— Catherine McAuley, Foundress
To the Merion Mercy Community, As I begin my third year as Head of School, I am more thankful than ever for the Mercy spirit that guides and inspires me every day in countless ways. This shining lamp of Mercy is fueled by our extraordinary Merion Mercy Community. Our Mercy educators kept that light burning brightly throughout the last school year with remarkable commitment, creativity, caring, and forbearance. Teachers and students learned new ways of communicating and collaborating as we moved between different learning environments. Flexibility, patience, grace, and kindness were in abundance as students navigated school in a different context. Such lessons were learned well by the Class of 2021, whose commencement was held on a beautiful Saturday morning in May. While every graduating class at Merion holds their community of sisters dear, the Class of 2021 learned that their unity and community should never be taken for granted. Few classes have experienced more profoundly how much the Mercy core values–compassion, service, collaboration, and responsibility–are intrinsic to their collective reality. I offer our profound gratitude to each and every person who supported Merion Mercy Academy during “a year that was like no other.” Every gift to the MMAnnual Fund, contribution to a scholarship fund, tax credit donation, and Sip ’n Bid donation, no matter how large or small, helped us better serve the needs of our students and provide them with the outstanding education that characterizes the Merion experience. This was certainly a year full of incredible challenges. But because of you, we were able to meet—and overcome— each and every hurdle with resilience and grace. In short, we could not have done this without you. I deeply thank you for all you have done for Merion Mercy Academy. In Mercy,
