{"id":5278,"date":"2023-12-01T19:25:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T19:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2023-12-01T19:25:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T19:25:35","slug":"message-from-the-head-of-school-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/?p=5278","title":{"rendered":"MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of the holiday season, I have been contemplating the reasons for which I am grateful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The unending commitment and dedication of the Trinity-Pawling School faculty and staff<\/li>\n<li>For students and faculty who are willing to try new things in order to learn and to grow<\/li>\n<li>For the \u201cscrappiness\u201d of the Trinity-Pawling School community<\/li>\n<li>For the spirit of kindness that provides hope for the future<\/li>\n<li>For bad puns at family-style lunch that bring laughter and joy to the afternoon<\/li>\n<li>For better coffee and hot chocolate at the Pride Perch in the newly refurbished Gardiner Library and Learning Commons<\/li>\n<li>For the restoration of All Saints&#8217; Chapel<\/li>\n<li>For the opportunities to learn and grow from misguided decisions<\/li>\n<li>For the transformational difference that happens all the time at Trinity-Pawling School when students discover their gifts and talents<\/li>\n<li>For the dedication and hard work of the Maintenance and Housekeeping Teams that bring beauty to the Trinity-Pawling School campus<\/li>\n<li>For the opportunity to create synergy between tradition and innovation to advance student learning and growth<\/li>\n<li>For the opportunities to help boys learn and grow amidst times of challenges for boys and men<\/li>\n<li>For the countless alumni and friends of the School that help steward the School\u2019s growth into the future<\/li>\n<li>For the trust, support, and partnerships of parents and families<\/li>\n<li>For bright, inquisitive students who want to learn and grow<\/li>\n<li>For coaches and players who bring pride to our athletic program<\/li>\n<li>For the power of the arts to unlock the creativity in each boy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>By Bill Taylor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of the holiday season, I have been contemplating the reasons for which I am grateful: The unending commitment and dedication of the Trinity-Pawling School faculty and staff For students and faculty who are willing to try new things in order to learn and to grow For the \u201cscrappiness\u201d of the Trinity-Pawling School [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-december-2023"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"BILL TAYLOR'S GRATITUDE LIST","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5279,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions\/5279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}