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Dear Families,

Happy New Year! Let me begin by thanking you for your generous gifts to our teachers and staff. Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated! We made good use of our January 2nd Faculty/Staff Workday for training, classroom preparation, and lesson planning. For part of the day, Teachers and Assistants attended workshops focused on successful strategies for working with neurodiverse students. This was a focus area identified in last year’s SAIS reaccreditation process, and this work helps us better understand and meet the emotional and academic needs of our incredible students.

I hope that many of you took me up on my December invitation to join Springmont employees in our work around Dignity by reading or, even better, gifting and reading the book Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict by Dr. Donna Hicks. This book explains what dignity is, the elements of dignity that are so essential to every human being, the ways in which we are most likely to violate another’s dignity, and how to prevent and repair dignity violations with the goal of building a strong, respectful community that honors every person. This work impacts our professional and personal lives – everyone can benefit from its messages, and it offers a great connection to the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who spent his life fighting for justice and human dignity. If you have not started the book, there is still time to do so before our Parent Education session on Dignity on January 30th, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Parents from all levels are invited, and childcare will be provided with advanced registration. Please click here to RSVP by January 29 at 4 p.m.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth