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Convocation Marked the Beginning of Concord Academy’s 99th Academic Year, With a Focus on Engaging with Open Minds and Hearts
On September 1, 2020, the Concord Academy community gathered not in the Elizabeth B. Hall Chapel but on a videoconference from homes near and far. While the virtual setting marked the start of a school year unlike any other, the themes of this year’s Convocation were familiar. Speakers, including Laura Twichell ’01, Fay Lampert Shutzer ’65, and Zahaan Khalid ’21, called for mutual commitments to listen closely and see one another fully, even and especially in online spaces.
read more2020 Convocation Remarks by Zahaan Khalid ’21, Student Head of School
On September 1, Student Head of School Zahaan Khalid ’21 spoke at Convocation to open the 2020–21 school year.
read more2020 Convocation Remarks by Fay Lampert Shutzer ’65, president of the Board of Directors
Fay Lampert Shutzer ’65, president of the Concord Academy Board of Trustees, spoke at Convocation to open the 2020–21 academic year.
read moreTo Honor, to Unlearn, to Grow: 2020 Convocation Remarks by Laura Twichell ’01, Director of Community and Equity
"Being in community erodes division," said Laura Twichell ’01, CA's director of community and equity, in her Convocation remarks to open the 2020–21 school year. "Being in community erodes prejudice. Being in community erodes isolation and fear."
read moreRick Hardy Opening Chapel, September 2020
Head of School Rick Hardy delivered this opening chapel talk at the beginning of the 2020–21 academic year.
read moreHealthy Concord Reopening Update
As I write to you today, our world is still grappling with the great challenges that COVID-19 has created. Indeed, the situation in many places has unfortunately grown considerably worse since my last letter. I offer my sincere condolences to those of you who have suffered illness or lost loved ones to this pandemic. This disease has caused extraordinary pain, stress, and dismay on so many levels. We must all find ways to focus on hope and the prospects of the recovery that will come, and the opportunities that any crisis presents to assert our powers of caring and goodness. We hope you are leaning on and helping those around you.
read moreJulia Hanlon ’10 and Alistair Wilson ’11 Collaborate on A Film to Benefit Young Athletes in Ethiopia
Julia Hanlon ’10 and Alistair Wilson ’11 collaborated on a film to benefit young athletes in Ethiopia, in partnership with the Girls Gotta Run Foundation. After festival screenings for their passion project were canceled because of the pandemic, they decided to release this short documentary online.
read moreKatherine Lauriat Saunders ’96: A CA Alumna Oversees Patient Nutrition During the Pandemic
Kate Lauriat Saunders ’96 directs clinical nutrition for the two campuses of the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass.. As COVID-19 cases surged in the state this spring, she also assumed oversight of food services at the temporary field hospital set up in the city’s convention center. The pandemic has posed some unique challenges for making sure patients are getting the nutrition they need to recover from serious illness.
read moreLetter to the CA Community from Robert Munro, Dean of Academic Program and Equity
Concord Academy's new Dean of Academic Program and Equity Rob Munro shared this letter of introduction with the CA community. He joins the senior administrative team on July 1.
read more2020 Reunion: Virtual Format, Meaningful Connections
Although the Covid-19 pandemic prevented Concord Academy alumnae/i from returning to campus, it did nothing to dampen their enthusiasm for reconnecting with classmates, faculty and staff, and fellow CA graduates as part of the school’s first Virtual Reunion. More than 225 alumnae/i joined via videoconference as CA hosted three special reunion programs, the annual Alumnae/i Association Assembly, and 13 virtual class gatherings for reunion classes over four days in early June.
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