Thank You to our Families
We held our annual State of the School event last night. It is a festive evening where parents, guardians, teachers, and staff come together for social connection and to hear a bit about how things are going at the school. My favorite part of the event, aside from the magnificent performance by the Swamp Cats – our select jazz combo – was fielding questions from bbin娱乐平台 families. The questions were not about any individual student, but instead telegraphed an interest in the success of the institution. The spirit behind several of the questions was explicitly about how parents can help. What kind of social entrepreneurship opportunities are available to students and how can parents open more doors? As the school builds more partnerships in the City of Boston, what role can parents who live in Boston play?
This school is fortunate to have such dedicated and generous families. Each year, dozens of parents and guardians volunteer across multiple areas of school life: admissions, parent network gatherings, teacher appreciation, the advisory board, chaperoning school events, and more. 86% of families last year made the school a philanthropic priority and made a gift to the school’s Annual Fund – in addition to their investment in tuition. Those funds underwrite all of our faculty-staff professional development efforts, bolster our financial aid program, and enhance our academic, athletic, and extracurricular offerings. In the coming weeks, we will roll out a new way for parents and guardians to help: informational interviews, shadow days, and career panels for recent bbin娱乐平台 graduates just getting started on their professional journeys. To all of you who keep finding ways to give back, thank you.