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From Marcella Yedid, Head of School

  • Message from the Head of School - June 2008

    Life is to be lived in the present—fully, creatively, passionately—says a popular adage. We have witnessed admirable examples of such zestful living, amply seasoned with creativity, passion and engagement during this past school year. Not to chronicle student and faculty highlights, as we place the final punctuation point on 2007-2008, would be an oversight. Hence, I devote this all-too-brief précis to noteworthy moments of the year we have just lived, emblematic as they are of Key’s programmatic richness and of its Mission-fueled values and priorities.

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  • Message from the Head of School - April 2008

    As a child in Greece I spent many early evenings in the company of my beloved grandmother Flora, gazing out of her living room French windows, admiring the Mediterranean bay right across the street from her modest apartment, and observing the many strollers enjoying their ritual outing. Well advanced in age but sharp as ever, my grandmother would regale me with stories about her life, begun in one century and continuing in another, while we munched sunflower seeds. These little snacks were known in Ladino, the language of many Sephardic Jews, as passatiempo. One by one we would pop them between our teeth, slowly open the shell, and savor the slightly salted mini seed. For hours we might be in front of her window, gazing, conversing and eating seeds. Passatiempo literally means to pass the time; hence, sunflower seed consumption was a time when one relaxed, reflected on life, and often did all this in the company of others, partaking of soft exchanges, delving into the sublime and the ridiculous.

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  • New Lower School Head Named

    February 6, 2008

    I am delighted to announce the appointment of Lisa M. Sheffield as the new Head of the Lower School, effective July 1, 2008. Ms. Sheffield's impressive professional background and qualities, visible during her campus visit as well as expressed by her multiple references, prompted the Search Committee to render a unanimous recommendation regarding her selection.

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  • Message from the Head of School - November 2007

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  • October 4, 2007 -- An Important Announcement

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Parents' News

  • The 2007-2008 Annual Fund Needs Your Participation!

      With generous gifts from all constituencies, the Annual Fund is well on its way but we need the support of every family to reach our goal. Remember that your gift goes immediately toward supporting this year's operating budget. Every dollar counts! If you have not yet made your gift, please consider making it today. Click here to donate online.

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  • Notice about the 2008 Key School Yearbook

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  • Key Senior Named Jefferson Scholar

    Senior Colin Casey was named a Jefferson Scholar by the University of Virginia. This prestigious scholarship, funding the complete cost of attending four years at UVA—including tuition, room and board, books, and other University-related expenses—is awarded to students who excel in areas of leadership, scholarship and citizenship.

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  • William Biché
    Capital Gazette All-Star

    Congratulations to senior William Biché who has been named an Academic All-Star by the Capital Gazette Newspapers. Eighteen honorees from Anne Arundel County were selected on the basis of scholastic achievement, leadership in extracurricular activities, and service to the community.

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  • Olivia Smith ’09 Wins Environmental Scholar Award

    Based on the strength of her commitment to the environment and her work both at Key School and within the greater community, Olivia Smith ’09 is Maryland’s first place winner of the Rachel Carson Scholar Program.

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