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Raising Sails


On Friday, parents, faculty, and staff came together some 620 strong for a magical, festive, sold-out PA Benefit --"Raising Sails"-- in celebration of our mission and one another.

As benefit chairs Caroline Bouckaert and Maria Welch reminded us, ours is a community that appreciates that raising "good men" goes beyond academics, to "harnessing each boy's will to do good." The Saint David's bond is formed through our shared values; paramount among those is kindness.

Inspired by their loving parents and caring teachers, our boys set sail each day at 12 East 89th Street to learn and to live lives of purpose, led always by our gentle guidance in kindness and the call to be good. The good lies at the heart of all that we do in our four pillars, whether the academic, arts, athletics or spirituality. It has been said that a sailor cannot see north, but knows the needle can. The metaphorical sails we raise within our boys capture the winds of time and allow their moral compass to guide them.

From the moment that the doors of Cipriani 42nd Street opened, to the final call of the after party, Friday evening was a joyful embrace of kindness. We are deeply grateful for the leadership and creativity of Caroline and Maria, all their committee chairs, our PA President Cricket Diaz and her team, and the cast of thousands who made the event possible. There's no community like Saint David's!

Ut viri boni sint. 

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