We have often said that SCDS is a place for children and adults. Parents arrive at our school not realizing that they, along with their children, have places to go. The story in this newsletter of the synergy between Mr. FitzGerald and Craig Schulz is only one example. Our parent coaches learn beside their children. Volunteers on the Board, in Country Day Parents, and on fundraising committees are creating the organizational structures to shape the school's future.
Parents teach French, video technology, cooking, set building, and costuming.
They garden and host art workshops in the wild based on the work of Andy Goldsworthy. Last November, they came prepared for a children's performance of Hamlet , and left moved by the professional performances of the 7 th and 8 th graders on stage. The lesson of European education is that childhood does not last forever, so children must be educated for a fully realized adulthood. That is the context in which ewe wish to place SCDS education. We do not want to separate students from the results of their education.