Greenhill Welcomes Students for the 2016-2017 School Year
Greenhill School’s campus buzzed this morning as approximately 1293 students flooded campus for the 2016-2017 school year. Students and teachers, new and returning, welcomed each other with smiles and hugs.
Preschoolers met their teachers and teaching fellows on the Lower School steps, giving big hugs to parents before being led down the breezeway to their classrooms.
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Preschoolers met their teachers and teaching fellows on the Lower School steps, giving big hugs to parents before being led down the breezeway to their classrooms.
Lower Schoolers, carrying backpacks as big as themselves, bounded from the carpool line, to the playground, to their classrooms, hugging teachers and fellow friends and diving into lessons awaiting them.
For the first time this year, Middle and Upper School students gathered in Rose Hall in the Marshall Family Performing Arts Center for their respective opening assemblies. Head of School Scott Griggs shared the school’s annual theme of Respect with the students, tailoring his message to each group of students. For the Middle School students, he compared respect to the Olympic Spirit. “The Olympic Spirit is one of unquestioned respect,” Mr. Griggs shared. “The athletes all respect one another regardless of their country, belief or background. In many ways, I see Greenhill as a reflection of that Olympic Spirit. We have students, faculty members and families from all different backgrounds. In order to make that work as we have for the last 66 years, one must respect all others who are in our community.”
For Upper School students, Griggs discussed respect in the context of civil discourse, in which we respect the dignity of all through our discussion and communications. He challenged students, “We will demand, insist, and model what it means to be an inclusive community in which all voices are heard and respected.”
Division heads further encouraged students to have an exceptional year. Head of Middle School Susan Palmer encouraged her students to ask as many questions as possible, because questions help lead to innovations from rolling backpacks to running blades worn by amputees. Head of Upper School Laura Ross, built on the theme of respect, imploring students to see the common humanity in all, given the difficult events that took place in Dallas and around the world this summer.
During the closing speech at the Upper School Assembly, Student Council President Zach Rudner shared, “I am incredibly excited about the year ahead of us. Our choices are endless and our possibilities are limitless. Let’s each be the best that we can be and together we’ll have a spectacular year.”
For Upper School students, Griggs discussed respect in the context of civil discourse, in which we respect the dignity of all through our discussion and communications. He challenged students, “We will demand, insist, and model what it means to be an inclusive community in which all voices are heard and respected.”
Division heads further encouraged students to have an exceptional year. Head of Middle School Susan Palmer encouraged her students to ask as many questions as possible, because questions help lead to innovations from rolling backpacks to running blades worn by amputees. Head of Upper School Laura Ross, built on the theme of respect, imploring students to see the common humanity in all, given the difficult events that took place in Dallas and around the world this summer.
During the closing speech at the Upper School Assembly, Student Council President Zach Rudner shared, “I am incredibly excited about the year ahead of us. Our choices are endless and our possibilities are limitless. Let’s each be the best that we can be and together we’ll have a spectacular year.”
To echo Zach, Greenhill School wishes all students a spectacular 2016-2017 school year!
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A coed independent day school for prekindergarten – Grade 12
4141 Spring Valley Rd. | Addison, TX 75001 | (972) 628-5400
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