Two Heads are...

Fairfield Country Day School Head of School, John Munro, stopped in to Deerfield for a visit with Head of School Margarita Curtis. John also serves as the "placement" director at FCDS, so warm relationships with top schools are important.  Additionally, John loves to learn what's going on at these schools that he can share with his faculty and his prospective families from his PK-9 day school in CT.  John also reminded me that he'll be at reunions and looks forward to participating with Dr. Adam Weinberg on our education related reunion program.  Still hoping to add Eric Peterson and Vicente Fabella to the program, slated for June 15.

Jay for a change

Jay Esty changed his profile picture on FB, so I took the opportunity to get him into the class blog.  Jay took some students with him to Washington, D.C. for the Climate Change march and made a moment to get his flag wave pic in front of the Lincoln Memorial.  He is a builder but also teaches at nearby Pingree school in South Hamilton, MA.

Speaking of Presidents

Deerfield recently hosted a meeting of the combined western MA and Northern CT chapters of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) in its Greer Store.  The event was organized by David Kinsley '84, President of Kinsley Group Inc., purveyors of all things power generating.  With all the storms lately, he's been very busy....David is also Education Director for his YPO chapter and wanted to find a unique site for this meeting.  Deerfield's Head of School Margarita Curtis, Dean of Faculty John Taylor and Academic Dean Peter Warsaw were invited guests and all in attendance.

Among the 60+ attendees were two more DA alumni.  Our own Eric Suher whose business acumen has been extolled previously on this site, and surprise attendee Rob Maggard '85, who recently sold his road paving company in Florida to focus on his CT version.

The meeting featured a renowned educator who had written a number of books on "hiring A players" and was followed by lunch and a performance by the Deerfield Madrigal Choir, the school's top vocal assemblage.