The theme of this year’s Optimum magazine is, ‘We are Spartans’, and features stories highlighting the STS community’s incredible resilience and leadership, combined with a steadfast commitment to excellence, service, and community. You will be inspired by students and their families, faculty, staff, and alumni shining bright, and demonstrating that we always have each other’s backs, think outside the box, work together on creative solutions, focus on optimism and fun whenever possible, and stay connected. Even during a global pandemic, time and time again members of our community found ways to be trailblazers, give back, build relationships, and create incredible learning opportunities. That is the STS way, and is at the core of what we have always been, and will always be.