From the Head of School

Dear Foxcroft Community,

I start every morning walking our two beloved labs (Ginger and Freddie) at least two miles around campus. No matter the season or the weather, we are drawn outdoors and enjoy watching the sun come up over the athletic fields, hearing owls hooting in the woods, feeling the crunch of snow underfoot, and smelling the fragrance of honeysuckle in the summertime. This ritual gets each day off on the right foot, with exercise for me and the pooches but also with a time of calm, reflection, and connection with nature.

Foxcroft’s campus is, indeed, an uncommonly (the students love teasing us about this word, but it’s real!) beautiful setting in which to learn, grow, and thrive. This promise holds true not only for our students but also for the adults in our community who live and work here.

The 2022–23 academic and co-curricular theme, “Be Well, Be Green, Belong @Foxcroft,” spoke to our campus’ unique beauty and its power to help us be well and belong, not only to a community but to a place. But we must not take this place for granted.

The 2020 Strategic Plan calls for us to prioritize environmental stewardship by utilizing our campus more intentionally. Goals for this priority include expanding our STEAM curriculum to include topics such as forestry, farming, watersheds, and additional environmental themes, and creating and implementing a land management plan for environmental sustainability. These goals are already being accomplished, and at the same time, they are aspirational.

In this issue of our magazine, I hope you will enjoy reading about the ways our campus is a living classroom and about how our creative teachers are using place-based learning in their curriculum. I hope you learn more about how our students are leading the way and inspiring environmental action. We have already embraced many green initiatives, but we must do even better for future generations of Foxcroft students.

Foxcroft’s 500-acre campus is placed in our trust, and we are called to be good stewards of it. Thank you for taking this journey with us through your continued interest and support.