Parents' Center
From Marcella Yedid, Head of School
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Message from the Head of School - April 2008
As a child in Greece I spent many early evenings in the company of my beloved grandmother Flora, gazing out of her living room French windows, admiring the Mediterranean bay right across the street from her modest apartment, and observing the many strollers enjoying their ritual outing. Well advanced in age but sharp as ever, my grandmother would regale me with stories about her life, begun in one century and continuing in another, while we munched sunflower seeds. These little snacks were known in Ladino, the language of many Sephardic Jews, as passatiempo. One by one we would pop them between our teeth, slowly open the shell, and savor the slightly salted mini seed. For hours we might be in front of her window, gazing, conversing and eating seeds. Passatiempo literally means to pass the time; hence, sunflower seed consumption was a time when one relaxed, reflected on life, and often did all this in the company of others, partaking of soft exchanges, delving into the sublime and the ridiculous.
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New Lower School Head Named
February 6, 2008
I am delighted to announce the appointment of Lisa M. Sheffield as the new Head of the Lower School, effective July 1, 2008. Ms. Sheffield's impressive professional background and qualities, visible during her campus visit as well as expressed by her multiple references, prompted the Search Committee to render a unanimous recommendation regarding her selection.
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Message from the Head of School - November 2007
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October 4, 2007 -- An Important Announcement
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A Message From the Head of School - September 2007
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Parents' News
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Key Senior Named Jefferson Scholar
Senior Colin Casey was named a Jefferson Scholar by the University of Virginia. This prestigious scholarship, funding the complete cost of attending four years at UVA—including tuition, room and board, books, and other University-related expenses—is awarded to students who excel in areas of leadership, scholarship and citizenship.
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William Biché
Capital Gazette All-StarCongratulations to senior William Biché who has been named an Academic All-Star by the Capital Gazette Newspapers. Eighteen honorees from Anne Arundel County were selected on the basis of scholastic achievement, leadership in extracurricular activities, and service to the community.
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Olivia Smith ’09 Wins Environmental Scholar Award
Based on the strength of her commitment to the environment and her work both at Key School and within the greater community, Olivia Smith ’09 is Maryland’s first place winner of the Rachel Carson Scholar Program.
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Chapin Living Waters
For the last fourteen years, Chapin Living Waters has been helping people in third world countries grow vegetables in drought conditions. They offer simple, sustainable technologies for subsistence farming. Key School’s sixth graders and Kindergarteners employ Chapin’s bucket system to irrigate the School’s gardens and their efforts were featured in Chapin Living Waters’ April Newsletter. Click here to view the article.
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The Key School Kilowatt Kickoff!
Can Key School reduce its kWh consumption by 20% during April and May 2008?
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