A Message from the Head of School

The beauty of any first time is that it leads to a thousand others.“ “

— PICO IYER

Harbor Day School is celebrating a year of firsts. With the first phase of the new campus complete and occupied, every event taking place in our new space feels fresh. In the spring, we celebrated Grandparents’ Day and graduation in our new school. An annual tradition we have all come to love, the Eighth Grade Thank-You Breakfast felt particularly special this year as it was held on the new Eighth Grade Deck. This September, we joyfully welcomed our students and their families into their bright new classrooms on the first day of school. We then enjoyed pledging allegiance to the flag and singing the alma mater in our new quad at our opening assembly.

You can all read about this season of firsts in this issue of The Beacon. Graduation was a great time of joy and pride as we sent our graduates off to high school. A highlight of school opening this September was seeing so many of those graduates reunite with each other at our Back-to-School Picnic. With new beginnings also comes gratitude. Our alumni not only return to Harbor Day to see their friends, but they also want to reconnect with their former teachers. We love seeing alumni on campus and around town. Be sure to look at the photos of our alumni on campus on page 33.

As we continue to build out the campus, we continue to enjoy learning about our new spaces. We can’t wait until September 2023, when we’ll once again experience old traditions in new places when we cut the ribbon on Phase 2 and begin using the gym, theater, athletic field, and more. Our season of firsts will last for a while. We are grateful for these new beginnings. It’s a privilege to be at Harbor Day School and celebrate this novel time with our community.

Gradatim ad Summum, Angi Evans