Opening Poem 2016-2017
by Thad Reichley, Head of Lower School
Summer is over, hip-hip-hooray!
No more sleeping until noon, or "PokeMon" Go to play!
It's been almost three months, now it is finally here.
Mark Day School is starting a brand new school year!
But wait... something is different, a building disappeared.
And the sheds, and some trees have also been cleared.
All around campus, are workers in bright vests.
They dig, and they build, and do all kinds of tests.
Trucks come and they go, with supplies and concrete.
And they'll keep coming and going until the job is complete (hopefully next spring).
Yes… construction and change are the theme of the year.
But some things are the same, which is why we're all here.
We have some new faces we must get to know.
They are quite little now, but they're certain to grow.
Why… just look at their buddies who sit by their side.
Who will look after this class with conviction and pride.
This new class will fill in the space left last June.
And they'll have their own K buddies MUCH TOO SOON!
This new Kindergarten class that has so much to learn,
will teach US a some things too, if we give them a turn.
Yes… they are the ones who see magic in the mess.
They have the imaginations we all once possessed.
With curiosity and wonder they will watch the school change.
For them it's exciting and fun... not frustrating and strange.
So, as we sing this class in… and a few parents shed tears.
We'll make a memory to last nine short years.
We'll remember the love... and the date... and the songs.
And most of all that Mark Day is where we ALL belong!
