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What's In a Name?

Dr. Derrick Gay conducting session on names with kindergartners, via Zoom. In the storied pages of our nation’s history, I’m not sure there will be many that will equal the ones we are living through now, which makes the strategic work we have been doing around building and cultivating a more inclusive, respectful community for the past several years, all the more important. Ut viri boni sint , "that they be good men" is at the heart of our Saint David's School mission. We seek continually, in a spirit of friendship, kindness, and acceptance, to cultivate a culture of respect around difference of all kinds. If we want our boys to aspire to be good men, good people, they must learn to respect themselves and the people who are alike and different from them. Never has this been more vital than it is today. Technological progress has increased human interdependence the world over and yet many would argue we remain increasingly divided, isolated, and separated. To counter thi