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o one could have imagined that Northwest School would celebrate its 40th Anniversary in the midst of a global pandemic and within a remote learning environment for a significant chunk of the school year. As a relatively young school, Northwest has seen its share of challenges and complexities over the years. Yet the school has also experienced extraordinary highlights, unique moments, memorable successes and triumphs, and of course, a long list of remarkable, inspirational, and innovative educators.
The Heart of The House
One constant for the past forty years, and at the heart and epicenter of our wonderful school that came to life in 1980, is the imperative of good teaching, life-long learning, and deep dives into the curricular and cocurricular riches of the world. In this Spring Magazine you will be introduced or re-introduced to some of the teachers who made up Northwest’s inaugural faculty. From day one, it was always lucidly clear that the success of a new school, of any school, would depend on the exceptional quality of its faculty and a deep commitment and focus on student-centered learning. Our faculty today not only continue to bring breadth, depth, commitment, exceptional experience, and skills, they have also demonstrated tremendous flexibility, resilience, care, compassion, resolve, and grit. In this pandemic year, they have been pivoting and moving nimbly between in-person, remote, and hybrid instruction, embracing new technologies and platforms with the landscape continuously shifting, all the while supporting one another, enriching the lives of our students, and continuing to build community among parents and guardians. Innovative teaching, academic agility, community, and social justice have all been fundamental pieces of our school’s history and legacy. To the next forty years and our continued success.
Dennis Bisgaard Interim Head of School
