Category: Community Communications

Dear Maplebrook Community: We hope everyone continues to be healthy.  November begins the season of gratitude.  Yesterday was the 245th birthday of the Marine Corps and today is Veterans Day.  In a couple of weeks, we will be surrounded by some family to celebrate Thanksgiving as safely as possible.  This week each year, I find myself… Continue reading A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

First, we hope you are well and everyone is healthy.  We are half way through this abbreviated distance learning program and it has been quite successful. As we find ourselves in the teeth of a global pandemic, rest assured that we are working closely with state and local Departments of Health to ensure that we are… Continue reading WE ALL HAVE A JOB

We have been in the throes of an extraordinary time and I am not talking about the pandemic.  Just this week for the first time since the 13th century, we encountered the Great Conjunction.  For those who had the fortune of seeing this celestial marvel, I hope you had a chance to reflect on the… Continue reading GIFTS OF THE SEASON

It’s that time when we take stock in the past year’s events and strive to make some hopeful changes for the coming year.  Twenty-twenty was one of those years that changed history, always to be remembered.  Memories of it will help us appreciate where we have come from as well as those who helped us… Continue reading HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This has been an interesting beginning to 2021. Despite the recent negativity in our country, it is a perfect time to take stock in our arsenal of good. To set us in the right direction, I invite you to turn to two relevant people who are at the forefront of the recent news cycle to… Continue reading JANUARY LESSONS

Mondays get a bad rap. Even the Carpenters sang about rainy days and Mondays bringing them down. I disagree. I view Mondays as a way to kick off a brand new, unblemished week. This is especially true today considering we had a few unpleasant moments that cast a shadow on our doorstep last week. Humans… Continue reading MONDAYS = A FRESH START

Welcome back and Happy Spring! As I stood in the hallway of Thalheimer Hall this morning, I became aware of a strange noise. Like a loud, sustained whisper, it was not unpleasant but it was not something I had heard before. Suddenly I realized what it was: relief!  It was the collective exhalation of all… Continue reading Happy Spring

The year was 1989. A gallon of gasoline was $.97, a Honda Civic set you back $6,300 and the newest technological gadget was the SONY Walkman. This was the first time we heard, “You’ve Got Mail” from the mysterious AOL voice and the voice of every beloved Looney Tunes character was silenced with the passing… Continue reading Graduation Speech 2019

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a trailblazer as “the first person to do something or go somewhere, who shows that it is also possible for other people.”  Marjorie Finger, Serena Merck and Sunny Barlow were truly educational trailblazers. We don’t simply sit back and bask in the glow of history; rather, we serve with reverence those… Continue reading GRADUATION 2021