The Head of School outlines the next steps the school is taking to disman­tle racism and other forms of oppres­sion within our school, with the goal of creat­ing an insti­tu­tion that inhab­its justice in every form.

A letter from the Head of School address­ing systemic racism and the expe­ri­ences of current and former BIPOC students.

After six years at Waverly, Hayden ​‘20 moves on to Occi­den­tal College. His mom, Pam, writes a letter to the faculty sharing what it was like watch­ing Hayden’s grad­u­a­tion, and she happily looks forward to six more years as her younger son joins the middle school in the fall.

Steve is the parent of Waverly lifers Joe ​‘20 and Katie ​‘20. The follow­ing is from a letter Steve sent to the admin­is­tra­tion after Joe and Katie grad­u­ated on June 4.

High school English and creative writing teacher Amy Sedivy writes about how she and her students adapted to remote learn­ing during the spring semes­ter. Her creative writing students put together a book of flash fiction avail­able as a PDF.

Grad­u­at­ing senior Ruby wrote to her high school teach­ers and admin­is­tra­tors to thank them for teach­ing her about social justice. As a way to give back, she and her mom are making a dona­tion to the orga­ni­za­tions that are near and dear to our teach­ers’ and admin­is­tra­tors’ hearts.

A parent shares what Waverly means to her and her kids.

Many of our students are being asked to reflect on various aspects of their lives during this time. This reflec­tion was written by 6th grade student Cillian in response to ques­tions posed to him by his teach­ers, Molly and Emily.