Dear EDS Parents,

Welcome back. I hope you had a wonderful Fall Break!

First, you have already heard from the Head of School Search Committee about your opportunities to meet and hear from the finalist candidates for our next Head of School. As a reminder, your options for meeting the first candidate this week are: Thursday evening, October 14, 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. in the Church Sanctuary or Friday morning, October 15, 7:30 - 8:15 a.m. in the Parish Hall. 

I cannot encourage you strongly enough to try to meet each of the candidates -- for two reasons. One, of course, is for your perspective and input in the process. Each of you is an important member of this community and your voice matters. Another reason I hope you will attend is that I believe you will walk away from those sessions with a renewed sense of pride, gratitude, and excitement. We have attracted a strong pool of candidates - in number and calibre - and the Search Committee has identified three very interesting, talented, and capable education leaders as finalists. This is so because of the core and enduring qualities of our school, especially a compelling mission and vision and a strong and faithful community. We have cause to be proud of what we have created and achieved together. We have so many reasons to be grateful for God’s blessings and to be excited about the school’s future!

We will send you an update regarding our COVID mitigation strategies next Sunday afternoon. This will allow us to more fully monitor and evaluate the conditions coming off the long weekend.

I can’t wait to see you all tomorrow!

Sincerely,
Ned