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The Concord Academy Alumnae/i Association invites all of you to this year’s Alumnae/i Association Assembly on Friday, June 7, 2019. An evolution of the annual meeting, the assembly is a chance to bring all alumnae/i together to hear important updates from school leadership and to be part of the conversation as we approach CA’s Centennial in 2022. During this time, the Joan Shaw Herman Award will be presented to the 2019 recipient and the alumnae/i community will also vote on the Alumnae/i Association officers for terms commencing in the fall of 2019. Following the assembly, everyone is invited to catch up with former faculty and friends across generations at the Alumnae/i Welcome Celebration as we kick off Reunion weekend!

Below is the preliminary schedule of the afternoon:

3:00 & 4:00 p.m. — Campus Tour + Highlights
4:00 p.m. — Alumnae/i of Color Reception
5:00-6:30 p.m. — Annual Alumnae/i Association Assembly
7:00 p.m. — Alumnae/i Welcome Celebration

The assembly festivities will take place on-campus. For those who cannot make it back to CA, the assembly will be live-streamed (the link will be available closer to the date). You can expect to see an invitation in your mailbox in April! Whether you were last on campus for reunion, or haven’t been back since graduating, we hope you will make plans to return to Concord this June.

On Saturday, March 2, Concord Academy alumnae/i and current students of color gathered in community and solidarity to share experiences and engage in dialogue about navigating the multicultural world we live in

Remember how excited your child was after being admitted to CA? Remember all the questions you had as your child was about to enter a new school? We could use your help with the Parent-to-Parent program for next year! This is a great opportunity for both boarding and day parents as the welcome is primarily done by email. To sign up, click here. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Parent to Parent co-chairs, Becky Derby P’18 ’22 (beckyderby246@gmail.com) and Judy Rosenbaum P’19 ’22 (muabnesorj@gmail.com).

“Only one world” and “No more excuses” read the signs a Concord Academy student delegation carried down Main Street toward the Concord Town House, where 10 CA students appeared before the Concord Select Board on February 19. Organizing as part of Sunrise, a national youth movement to address climate change and create millions of jobs in the process, the students were some of many around the country appealing to city councils, town boards, and county commissions last week, in the hope that widespread local support will push federal action on the Green New Deal resolutions now before Congress. They were successful in urging the town of Concord to pass a symbolic resolution calling on the federal government to support the legislation.

Concord Academy provides academic progress reports for your children electronically in PowerSchool. These spring interim reports will be available through the portal starting on Friday, March 8. Please understand that these comments are meant to be tentative, informal evaluations that precede the more thorough evaluations provided at the end of the second semester.

CA teams enjoyed a successful winter season, highlighted by a hard-fought victory at the annual Battle of Lexington and Concord, which resulted in the return of the Red Drum trophy for the first time since 2013!

Please be sure your students’ clothing, books, and all other personal items (water bottles, backpacks, etc.) are labeled with their names. There are many, many items in lost-and-found with no identifying characteristics. Please help us help reunite your children with their belongings. Thanks!