FROM RESIDENT DIRECTOR LYNN PRENDERGAST
The summer is a very busy time of the year at the house. After a bittersweet goodbye to Arianna as she heads off to summer and then Tufts, meetings started to prepare for the 2022-2023 school year. Working on the calendar with incoming co-presidents Georgia Cosgrove and Judy Wright, preparing a To-Do List with Ann Street (House and Grounds Chair) for the house, and making preparations for the returning scholars have already started. Summers are a great time to reflect on our year as we look forward to the upcoming year. The scholars worked, played, and socialized at a high level all year long as COVID restrictions became less and less. Their numerous accomplishments and determination to do their best this past school year makes me so happy and proud. In my unique position, I am not only able to celebrate their successes, but see the tremendous effort and overcoming of challenges to allow them to be their personal best. After a month of visiting family in Florida and Georgia, I will return to the quiet house and prepare for the return of the girls. They will arrive with cars busting with their personal belongings, tales of their summer adventures, and excitement to welcome our new scholars, Kyra and Tamojah, and to see old friends.
ABOVE: fire pit fun with Arianna, Janelle and Andrea; going to prom are Andrea, Janelle, Jasmine, and Kilee; Arianna celebrates gradation with her friend Olivia Turcio.