CELEBRATE STEWARD

from The Colonnade 2023

Memorials

Dear Steward Community,

Every year, our Program Steering Committee chooses a theme that impacts both our curriculum and the tone of the year. In keeping with the School’s 50th anniversary, this year’s theme is “celebrate.”

As you turn the pages of this magazine, you’ll find good news to celebrate schoolwide, as well as pictures and tales from the anniversary and special events we have already observed this school year, including Fall Social, Whirled Peace Day, Alumni Socials, Middle/Upper School Grandparents and Special Friends Day, and more. We celebrate the successful culmination of our strategic plan, Compass 2022, this year, as well as progress in many of our programs, from Entrepreneurship and Leadership (page 8) to expanded student wellness programming in the Center for Engagement (page 10). We cheer for a successful fall athletic season (page 14) and love how every Spartan, from JKer to adult, has been humming “The World is Ours” since Heidi Taylor’s choir students first wowed us at Convocation.

And most importantly, we celebrate YOU, our Spartan community. Thank you for being a part of our community during this anniversary year. Here’s to more celebrations to come!

DAN FRANK, HEAD OF SCHOOL

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Administration

Dan Frank, Head of School

Lisa Dwelle, Associate Head of School for Finance and Operations

Adam Seldis, Director of Upper School

Susan Atkinson, Director of Middle School

Ingrid Moore, Director of Lower School

PUBLICATION STAFF

Kathryn DiPasqua, Sydney Smith, Rachel Williard, Editors

Lisa Dwelle, Contributing Editor

Kate Carpenter, Designer

Carley Hamilton, Contributing Designer

Aaron Earley-Ledesma, Photo Editor

Kathryn DiPasqua, Aaron Earley-Ledesma, Jenni Booker Baker, Dan Frank, Sydney Smith, Rachel Williard, Contributing Writers

Aaron Earley-Ledesma, Kelly Frankenburg, Wendell Powell Photography, Paul Gresock '26, Ada Long '25, Kamran Mohanty '26, Sabina Mohanty '23, Zak Qureshi '24, Meghan Rotter '23, Charlie Ventura '23, Wesley Walsh '24, Hank Wang '23, Chase Wingfield '23, Contributing Photographers

Total Printing

The Steward School admits students without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic or national origin, age, sex, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, matriculation, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of these protected characteristics in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other schooladministered programs.

1 Students from every division sang “The World Is Ours” together at Convocation