Head of School Message

Dear Members of the Westminster Community,

On an afternoon during this pandemic, alone in my office on our empty campus, and reflecting upon the remarkable stories and images in this edition of our spring Bulletin, I felt at once as if I was recalling experiences so familiar and so distant.

The experiences are familiar because I recall them vividly; in fact, I was present at the community occasions and know personally the featured students, faculty, parents and alumni. Yet, the experiences feel so distant, because I cannot help but feel that they are from another world — a world that at the moment feels too far away, a world which celebrated relationships and community, a world for which we yearn in our current isolation. That yearning affirms our conviction to move forward together, to learn the life lessons from this pandemic that will forever better inform our perspective. Always meaningful to our school community, today, Grit & Grace shines a light for our way forward. In her closing thoughts for this edition of the Bulletin, History Department Head and soon-to-be Director of Studies Betsy Heckman concludes: “I teach my courses with one foot in the past and one foot in the present, hoping that my students will be as well prepared as possible to face the ever-changing world that awaits them with an open mind.”

In that spirit and with particular thanks to Darlene Skeels, Director of Communications, whose inspiration and dedication prepares each fabulous edition of our Bulletin, I invite you to enjoy these stories and images.

Martlets fly highest when they soar together!

William V.N. Philip P’06, ’09 Head of School