Dear Friends- The big news around here is spelled S-N-O-W. Around a foot of powder dumped down on the Hudson Valley Wednesday, and it shut the whole area down for the day. I have always loved large-scale weather events that remind us to have perspective, and this one was no different. Long-range travel by road was shut down to a minimum, and community streets were dotted with children and adults whisk-whisking around in snow pants, tugging sleds behind them as they made their

Dear Friends- The halls outside the office are super quiet today. Our school has been hit with some sort of bug that has left large numbers of our community at home this week sipping soup, tossing and turning in bed, sweating, shivering, coughing, aching and sleeping. Fully half of our Downstairs students have been out at some point this week. The result is a sort of hush during the day here at school, which is a true departure from the normal chitter-chatter and laughter tha