Palmer Trinity School

It has long been said that education is the most important gift we can give our children—and here at Palmer Trinity School, we take that gift seriously. Education comes in many forms. We educate our students through basic classroom instruction. We educate them through travel. Through our clubs, sports teams and academic organizations, we educate them about the value of teamwork. We use our commitment to community service to educate students about leading lives of honor and social responsibility. Through our daily interactions, we both teach and show them kindness; one of humanity's most basic but important virtues. While the word alone might not seem like much, education is how our 770 students see that they can make a difference in the world. That alone is invaluable. This year, despite my amazing learning experiences as a student at Smith College, I decided it was time to further my own education. I enrolled in an accelerated, yearlong executive program at Georgetown University to get my Master's degree in Global Strategic Communications. Through this program, I spent a week in our nation's capital, and several more weeks in England, Brazil, and Singapore. With my over twenty-year-long career in media and communications, I still got an education. I learned how to be a better teacher, a better integrator, a better advisor, and even now, a better student. When I finish my degree at the end of this summer, I know I'll leave inspired, maybe enough to make my own small mark on the world. We can't possibly talk about the value of education without mentioning the teachers, both traditional and otherwise, who make it possible. Here at Palmer Trinity School, we know how fortunate we are to have some of the best teachers in the nation. It is because of their passion that our students (and our entire PTS community!) ultimately become better learners, better people, better leaders, and in many ways, teachers themselves—for our friends, families, neighbors, and generations to come. As you read this issue of the Aerie and see all of the wonderful ways our faculty, staff, students and new graduates are making a difference, I hope you appreciate how your efforts, whether as a parent or an alumnus, has helped to shape our students' education. I encourage you to take a note from their playbook and learn something new this summer. When the 2019-2020 academic year starts, come visit me. Let us teach each other what we have learned. Have a wonderful and educational summer. See you in August, " The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of a true education." MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. S U Z A N N E G O T T L I E B C A L L E JA A S S O C I AT E H E A D O F S C H O O L F O R C O M M U N I C AT I O N S A N D S T R AT E G I C PA R T N E R S H I P S M E S S A G E F R O M T H E E D I T O R S U MME R 2 0 1 9 7

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