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Dear Keystonians,  

Warm Friday greetings to each of you!  

This week we celebrated Keystone Academy’s first ever Long-Service Award Ceremony in which we honored colleagues who have served the school for 5-12 years.  We had a lovely ceremony Wednesday afternoon in the PAC. We started the afternoon thanking the faculty members who had given presentations on our Professional growth day last month. Then we began the ceremony which honored both our long serving employees and our third-party employees (including security team, members of our housekeeping crew and the kitchen staff).  

Here is an excerpt from the remarks I shared:  

The faculty and staff of this school are its lifeblood. We all choose to be here together, in sacred community supporting our students in every possible way.  

It is right for us to start this celebration in our school’s 10th year. We now have a substantial history that we can look back on with a sense of pride and accomplishment.  No matter when you arrive at Keystone, you are a part of this important tapestry of our school, connecting smoothly our past, our present and our future.  

None of us is here forever, but we are always part of Keystone’s rich history, and we are all connected, always to those who came before us and those who will come after us.

The morning after that lovely event, I went to a beautiful foundation assembly. The students presented their learning and shared songs. Then they received some good advice from Keystone Academy’s first full-time alumni employee, Jackie Liang, c/c 2018.  He gave a sweet talk about taking risks, embracing community, and being committed to learning. He encouraged them to make the most of their precious time at Keystone and talked about how hard it was to leave at graduation. After the session, as the kids were walking back to class, one little girl had a question, “But why, Mr. Jackie, did you leave Keystone?” Jackie bent down and replied like a good inquiry driven teacher, with another question: “So next year you will be in 1st grade, then 2nd, then 3rd and so on up to 12th.  What comes after 12th grade?”  

The little girl looked up at her teacher, delighted with her epiphany, and then declared, “College!”  Triumph! She was so delighted with her discovery.  

I love that it felt perplexing that anyone would leave Keystone. In her eyes, it is an eternal wonderland of joy and learning.  

And this week, it was clear that she wasn’t alone.  That same earnest rhetorical question, “Why leave Keystone?” rings true for the members of the housekeeping team celebrating 10 years cleaning and caring for our campus, or our Director of Marketing and Communications celebrating 12 years working for our 10-year-old school.  It is the feeling of any one of the 257 employees or 63 third party staff members who were honored for their long continuous service—this place is magical!  Why would you leave?  

Wishing you all a happy weekend,  

Emily