Spring Gathering Celebration

On Thursday, we enjoyed the annual Spring Gathering, an event that brings together our alumni and alumni parent community for a Chapel talk and backyard celebration. This year, three very special women in the life of this school played a big role in the evening.

Julie Sykes--alumni parent, former admissions director, and current trustee--delivered a Chapel talk that touched all of us, addressing what makes Saint David's School so special. As someone who has worn so many "Saint David's hats" she certainly knows this school!

Julie relayed that Saint David's had been the school of choice when it came time for her three sons to begin elementary school because it offered, "a strong moral and ethical foundation, a great education, and a happy elementary experience." She also spoke of the strong community spirit among families, faculty and staff, who help each other during rough times, and of how the mission's aspiration "that they be good men" is embraced and valued by all. As the first Director of Horizons at Saint David's, she noted the remarkable support for that initiative among our alumni/alumni parent community.

After the Chapel, I had the great honor of recognizing two alumni parents, Linda Foran and Dorothy Faux, who served as co-chairs of the Alumni Parents Council with grace and distinction for ten years. Dorothy and Linda led the charge in attracting incredible speakers for our Alumni Parent Lecture Series, and in organizing outstanding cultural outings for our alumni/alumni parent community.

Julie, Dorothy, Linda, their fellow alumni parents and all of the alumni, including members of reunion classes 1977, 1997, and 2007 who joined us in celebration Thursday night, are reminders of the strong, committed, cohesive community that Saint David's is.

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