Happy Last Day!

Dear Lab Families,

Thank you for a great school year. I hope that everyone has a safe, relaxing and happy summer. Below is the letter I wrote to all of our students in our yearbook. I think that it captures the spirit of the year.



Spring 2011

Dear Lab Students

Thank you for a wonderful year. Middle School is a dynamic time – one in which you grow and change so much. It is amazing to reflect on how much happens over the course of a single school year, let alone how much you can experience over the span of three years. From the time that you enter as 6th grader to the time that you step-up to 9th grade you are deciding who you wish to become. You are exploring interests, ideas and passions. You are building relationships with your peers and faculty. You are faced with significant success and challenges. You are beginning to understand what the values of Academic Rigor, Diversity & Pluralism, Collaboration and Compassion truly mean and finding ways to put them into action. You are becoming a Labbie.

8th graders, it is with a heavy heart that I begin to say goodbye. Each of you has brought something to our Lab School family – you have made it a richer place to learn and grow. I still remember welcoming you on your first day of 6th grade. The three years seem to have gone so quickly. Thank you for committing to the work of our school. You helped to build out athletics, afterschool and clubs. You pushed yourselves academically and have grown into remarkable young women and men. You will be missed tremendously.

7th graders – you are the loudest and silliest of all the classes. You are also the most surprising. I was humbled by the way you came together after the passing of your classmate. Your love, maturity and care came through when our school family needed it the most. Next year you will be the leaders of our school – I know that you will once again rise to the challenge.

6th graders, this year was filled with newness for each of you. New school, new teachers, new friends, new expectations, new commute… You embraced each one of these as on opportunity to learn and grow. You have a spirit of curiosity and add so much to our school.

Thank you to Mrs. Smith and the yearbook staff. I am excited to say that the middle school yearbook has become a tradition at Lab. This book captures the best that our school is and highlights the central values of our community.

I am often asked why I love leading a middle school so much. I cannot think of any other place with such infinite possibilities. Thank you for nourishing the dreamer in all of us. You make me realize all that is possible.

Best wishes for a safe and wonderful summer.

Love
Meg
Megan Adams, Principal NYC Lab Middle School