As we start a new year together, I realize I never posted a concluding message of gratitude to the many volunteers and donors who made last year so successful. I apologize for missing this important moment, and I offer the poem below as a tribute to you. Our school is fortunate to have such a strong and generous community. Only with the help of so many were we able to raise the support needed. In a couple weeks, you will receive The Annual Report on Giving which enumerates the many successes you made possible.
Thank you for your contributions and for helping us “as far as was needed.”
May this be the best year yet for your family,
Amy Elmore
Director of Development
With Kit, Age 7, at the Beach
by William Stafford
We would climb the highest dune,
from there to gaze and come down:
the ocean was performing;
we contributed our climb.
Waves leapfrogged and came
straight out of the storm.
What should our gaze mean?
Kit waited for me to decide.
Standing on such a hill,
what would you tell your child?
That was an absolute vista.
Those waves raced far, and cold.
‘How far could you swim, Daddy,
in such a storm?’
‘As far as was needed,’ I said,
and as I talked, I swam.
