这是一个感恩的季节, 但是在成长过程中, my family counted and celebrated our blessings every day. 我的母亲, 谁是二年级的老师, 确保我和妹妹没有把任何事情视为理所当然，并注意到十大彩票网赌平台的生活有多好. 我在一个充满爱的家庭中长大，拥有很多特权，所以我很容易感恩和快乐.

我母亲每天的快乐是有感染力的. 她喜欢唱歌跳舞，每天早上在十大彩票网赌平台准备上学的时候编歌. 不管她的歌是十大彩票网赌平台必须吃的美味食物，还是她最喜欢的歌正在广播里播放, the message was the same: be happy to be alive.

我的大家庭接受了我妈妈喜悦的感激之情，并喜欢找任何理由庆祝. They taught me to  look for  joy in each situation. 这是我每天遇到的人和地方的接地气的基础. 

去年春天, when I had my finalist interview for the position of 十大最大的网络彩票平台 President, 我很兴奋, 有点紧张, 感激, 准备好体验快乐. 我没想到的是，当我把车开进停车场，向城堡走去时，我遇到了什么

学生s lined up outside the Castle in a double line like Soul Train. 音乐震耳欲聋. 到处都是彩球和标语. 女孩们向我挥手，为我欢呼. I was blown away by the spirit of joy, by their enthusiasm for the finalists. 每位候选人都受到了类似的接待, 我很确定这是十大彩票网赌平台第一次在工作面试中经历这种情况.

我立刻有了家的感觉. I connected instantly with 十大最大的网络彩票平台’s spirit that joy is in the ordinary. It's up to us to make the choice to be  joyful, to celebrate, to be grateful. The opportunities are always there If we pause and let ourselves do that. 

Even though it was just me coming in for an interview, 那时我想, what a good reason for the girls to celebrate, 来庆祝他们的学校, 让未来的总统, 不管那个时候是谁, know that [the students] love their school this much. 他们显然很关心下一个候选人是谁，希望每个候选人都能看到十大彩票网赌平台对他们很重要，也希望看到学生们是如何作为一个社区发挥作用的.

That day,I understood that joy is a big part of 十大最大的网络彩票平台. 从那以后的每一天，这都是我值得庆祝的事情，并且深深地、由衷地感激. During our Meet 十大最大的网络彩票平台 admissions events, 学生们一离开福尔斯路，就同样热情地欢迎十大彩票网赌平台的客人. Our girls cheer with balloons and pom poms, holding signs emblazoned with different words that express their love for their school: Learn; Lead; 服务; Succeed; Equity; Collaboration; Diversity.  

My upbringing’s  acute awareness of everything that I have, 有形和无形, 让我对自己在世界上的地位、责任和幸福有了更高的认识, 是什么激发了我回馈社会的欲望. I live in gratitude and walk in gratitude, and that’s a joyful state to be in. 当我遇到一些地方的人，他们也不羞于表达感激和喜悦, 这真的让我很兴奋, 我感觉到一种联系. And that's what I felt with 十大最大的网络彩票平台 immediately.

I see joy and gratitude every day at school, 当我和学生交谈时, 在课堂上观察他们, see one of our incredible faculty clearly inspired by a lesson, and witness the care with which our grounds crew tends to our beautiful campus.

今年秋天早些时候, I walked around the 上学校 club fair, 看着女孩们宣传她们的俱乐部. 他们热情、坚定、能干、雄辩，给人留下了深刻的印象. 那一刻，我非常感激有机会领导一所女子学校，那里有各种各样的女孩, 所有的背景, different shapes and sizes and ability levels, 不害怕领导. At the club fair, they were very confident and comfortable with their passions.  

这一时刻也突显了我对自己的感激之情，作为一名女性，我在这条永无止境的道路上不断发展和成长. It is my hope – my joy – that 十大最大的网络彩票平台 students can look to me as a model, seeing not just the good things but maybe even my struggles and mistakes. 十大彩票网赌平台需要十大彩票网赌平台的女孩能够从挑战中学习，明白体验生活的整个过程是有价值和目的的.

As I think about my goals for my first year and beyond, 我想帮助女孩们更好地理解她们的健康和幸福有多重要. 我知道感恩和喜悦的日常习惯对十大彩票网赌平台的自我照顾和心理健康以及十大彩票网赌平台与他人的联系是多么重要. 我的家人告诉我，感恩是一块肌肉，十大彩票网赌平台可以而且应该每天在大大小小的方面锻炼它. And I am ever so grateful that I get to be part of the joy that is 十大最大的网络彩票平台.

感恩节快乐!

People have been telling me about Candy Cane Social since my first day on campus. “你会喜欢的!他们说. “Wear earplugs and take Advil,” a few others advised.

当星期五, 12月15日, the date of this year’s Candy Cane Social, 在滚, my anticipation was as palpable as the students’. I’d been waiting for months to experience this 十大最大的网络彩票平台 holiday tradition.

For the first part of the morning, 中学 students watched 冷冻2, the sing-a-long version, together and had holiday snacks. 高中是顾问团, making ornaments and writing thank you notes to each other for friendship, 善良, 和支持. 有很多卡拉ok和跳舞, which was a preview of our community time together later that morning. We also welcomed home our young 女校友 with a special breakfast. 

当我希望花整个上午的时间来享受这些活动时，我的任务来了. 我在2024年秋季会见了十大最大的网络彩票平台即将到来的AIMS认证过程的外部主席. During our meeting, we overheard the joy. 十大彩票网赌平台听到女孩们唱着圣诞颂歌，和玛丽亚·凯莉一起唱着高音. 这真是太棒了(也是将认证主席介绍给十大彩票网赌平台精神的好方法).)

在我开会之后, 我路过年轻校友早餐会，向过去五年的毕业生问好. 她们很兴奋能回到校园，见到朋友和老师. Just when I thought the joy of Candy Cane Social could not be any stronger, it was time for the community program in the theater.

杰西卡Randisi, Head of 学生生活 and 社区 Engagement/Dean of 学生s, collaborated across our school to create a memorable program. 十大彩票网赌平台以一个可爱的祈祷和由1804学生主持的关于耶稣诞生的小品开场, our campus ministry student leadership team. 十大彩票网赌平台的合唱团, 由丽莎·潘塔诺执导, 音乐总监, performed several songs including in Spanish and Italian. A few 上学校 students and Mark Riding, 学生生活主任, 表演“精灵定向”,” a hilarious skit written by Deirdre McAllister, 表演艺术系系主任. 观众是演员或小精灵，他们正在接受训练，学习如何在圣诞节成为合适的小精灵, 支持圣, 要善待彼此.

卢皮Bobadilla, 十大彩票网赌平台的包容和归属感总监, shared a video about different holiday traditions around the world. He ended it with the words, “The world needs all of you. 你们每一个人.”

Then came the sound of a 500-seat theater filled with students, 女校友, and faculty singing pop holiday songs at the top of their lungs, 在过道里跳舞, 与朋友牵手, 拥抱, 把圣诞老人的帽子扔向空中. 

It was an amazing way to celebrate the holidays and kick off our Christmas break. 但当我唱的时候，看着女孩们很明显喜欢每一秒，每一个音符, 我知道它远不止这些. Candy Cane Social celebrates the relationships that have been built in the fall. I could clearly see (and hear) that our new students really felt a part of things. 对于十大彩票网赌平台这些新手来说, 这个早晨标志着开始的结束，也标志着十大彩票网赌平台欢乐地认识到十大彩票网赌平台确实是一个十大彩票网赌平台人. 

我那天早上在剧院里说的话，是受到宴会祝福的启发^th graders left in my office earlier in the week. 每个学生都在纸条上写了一个愿望，比如“与你可能失去的亲人联系”,或“和家人一起享受圣诞节。,和“永远不要失去信念。.每个愿望都包含了圣经经文:“因为在神没有不能的。”路加福音1:37.

在Candy Cane Social，我分享了其中的一些愿望以及我对学校的节日愿望. I wish for the whole 十大最大的网络彩票平台 community to be a force for good in our world. I wish for our students to be unrelenting in their quest, 善良，善解人意，平和, 并且坚强地面对任何试图使他们远离已经应许给他们的喜乐与平安的事情.

当我环顾剧院时，7月第一周收到的评论如潮水般涌来. 《十大彩票网赌平台》是一次令人难以置信的体验——我喜欢每一秒.

这是一个快乐的早晨, 玩得开心, 笑, but it was also a moment to be reflective and grateful for all of God’s goodness.   

圣诞快乐，新年快乐! 继续传播十大最大的网络彩票平台的快乐!