OCTOBER 29, 2018 PA R E N T S W E E K E N D
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A St. Andrew’s Response to Fragmentation and Chaos “What we are trying to do at St. Andrew’s, with the benefit of an all-residential experience, is to cultivate habits of mind and heart that are real, authentic, and responsible. In this era of St. Andrew’s history, students have indeed sacrificed to make this culture real, recognizable, and vibrant.”
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hank you for joining us for Parents Weekend at St. Andrew’s. These three days represent our opportunity as a school community to thank and honor you all for the love, support, and sacrifice you express and make for your sons and daughters at St. Andrew’s. Just the other day, I had the opportunity to read one of our senior’s college essays, and because it was such a beautiful tribute to her mother, I asked Nicole Lopez ’19 for permission to read the first paragraph as a way of welcoming and honoring all of you. She writes: “Every day, for as long as I could remember, I would witness my mom leave through our front door at 4:00 p.m. and catch a train to her job in Manhattan. Sometimes around 2:00 a.m. the next morning, I would be drawn out of my sleep by the sounds of her gentle footsteps leading their way through our dark living room stopping at our kitchen counter, where I would hear the jingle of the keys drop onto the cracked tile. Comforted by the rhythm of these noises, I would drift back to sleep, in a bed right beside those of my older sister and older brother. These same footsteps would be standing by my bedside a short five hours later, tenderly awakening me to get ready for school.”
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