Letter from Mo Dear Friends,
Te 2016–17 school year began with the opening of our new Lower School. Te building in itself is beautiful and garnering attention for its thoughtful design which was driven by our teaching, learning, and program. It is proving to be even more than we’d imagined: A unique learning environment for our Pre-K through fifth grade students, with room for everyone to explore, create, connect, and commit. Tank you to everyone for turning dream into reality with us— through your vision, advice, and support.
As you will read in these pages, successes continued to manifest throughout the fall. Senior Vineet Edupuganti did us all proud by winning the Individual Category in the highly prestigious Siemens Math, Science & Technology Competition (p. 6). Te ceremony was broadcast live from Washington, DC, so many celebrated virtually with Vineet. We also saw two of our own
Upper School students honored by Santa Clara University for their work in journalism (p. 7). And all five of our fall varsity sports teams competed in their state championships. Te girls’ soccer team brought home the trophy for the fifth time in six years, and Stephanie Finley ’19 defeated the field to win the state title in girls’ cross country. In a feat that bodes well for our future, three of our Middle School teams won their league championships as well. Congratulations to all of our student- athletes for their accomplishments.
As I reported in the Winter ’16 issue of OES Magazine, the Board of Trustees approved a new strategic plan, OES 2020: May Wonder Never Cease, last year. A visual representation of the plan is featured on pp. 26–27. Of particular note, we are redesigning space in the remaining portion of the Lower School, now called Fariss Hall, to support athletics, music,
and program innovation and design; we are assessing future projects in our master plan; and, in the spirit of the Essential Competencies, we continue to Explore, Create, Connect, and Commit to other initiatives. Please look to our website (www.
oes.edu) for occasional updates, and don’t hesitate to contact me or Board President Elizabeth Gewecke if you have questions.
Lastly, Director of Marketing and Communications Karen Crandal asked me to reflect on my first five years at OES (pp. 20–23). I am humbled and honored to serve as Head of School, and reflecting back over all we’ve accomplished since 2011 makes me that much more excited about all that is to come for the school. As I often say, it is a great time to be at OES: Much is happening on campus and in the classrooms that promotes our mission to inspire excellence in education.
Warmly,
Mo Copeland @MoCopelandOES
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