Parents’ Post A Newsletter for Parents and Friends of The Thacher School
Dear Parents and Friends:
news went out like flashfire to Thacher alums, parents, former parents, trustees: as TThe Head of School Michael Mulligan wrote, two of the School’s varsity teams—Girls’ Basketball and Boys’ Soccer—would be heading to the finals of the CIF Southern Section— the first time that two teams in one season had risen to that echelon of athletic competition. And like flashfire, good luck and congratulatory messages shot back from across the country (from Wyoming, New York, Connecticut, Maine, Illinois, Colorado, to name a few) and across oceans (from England, Pakistan, Singapore, Australia, Italy, Chile, even from quarters on the USS Constitution, from which one alum Navy pilot is taking daily runs across the Iraqi skies). Partly, the overwhelming response was a fitting reaction to the rarity of the event: two teams of humble (and fierce and competitive) Toads had made it to that last, high rung. But partly, the missives—often long, routinely heartfelt—went on, far beyond “Good luck!” to something more, their far-flung authors expressing an affinity deeply held, a connection to the Thacher that transcends the specifics of a time or an event: In this time of global uncertainty, we are excited for each other, for the success of a few bespeaking the hopes and memories of many. We are glad to have this happy reminder of a place that shaped us or our children, a place that is never far from our hearts” We may be separated by as many as three generations; our paths may never have crossed. But this we have in common: through Thacher, we are family.
Spring 2003