The Steward School
STEWARD WELCOMES A NEW GENERATION
Mother & Daughter Share the Benefits of Steward Steward has entered a new phase in its growth-second generation students! Sarah-Gray Avery, daughter of Steward alumna Jane-Gray Uones) Avery, Class of 1982, and husba nd Rusty, entered Cheri Wolff's kindergarten class this fall. When asked how the first two weeks of school were going, Sarah-Gray and her mother were all smi les. Although having some initial reservations about 8:00 to 3:00 kindergarten day Uane-Gray admitted this was more a factor of "mother missing daughter"), she has al ready observed the benefits of the day 's structured activities for her ch ild. SarahGray comes home bubbling with excitement about all the new and different things she is learni ng and the friends she is making. We talked with Sarah-Gray on the playground. Dashing between the slide and the tree house, she managed to take a moment to let us know that reading, and of course playground time, were two favorite activities at Steward. She was surrounded by friends, most of whom she had just recently met at school, and a pause to give her teacher a qui ck hug clearly indicated she had adjusted well to her home away from home.
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In this issue Sept. 1996 Mother & Daughter Share the Benefits of Steward ........... 1 80 New Students Bring Enrollment to New level ........ 2 Soaring Into September ........... 3 Introducing a New "Spirit" ...... 3 Bulging at the Seams .. . and Thriving On It ................... 4 13 Newcomers Join Stewards faculty and Staff ...... 6 A Busy Beginning ................ ..... 9
let the Bidding Begin! ........... 10 Getting "Hooked' on the Internet ........................... 11 Off to a Running Start ........... 11
Campus Changes with Growth .................................. 11 Answer the Call for Annual Giving ....................... 12
Whe n asked what factors drew her to Steward, this time as a parent, Jane-Gray was quick to stress the School's low student-to-teacher ra- afternoon on Steward's playground. tio (better than most nursery schools) and its focus on the individual learning styles of its students. She likes the reinforcement of values taught at home, "children being encouraged to be kind to each other. " The diversity of the student body, the support network for helping a child deal with the ups and downs of youth (inside and outside school), and the fact that Sarah-Gray can "very much be her own person and not a cookie-cutte r child"
Success in 1996-looking Aheadto 1997 ....................... 13 Campus Active with Summer Experience ................. .. .... ..... 13 '96 Graduates Move forward ................................ 15
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