Letter from the Head of School < < < < < < < < < < < < â€œWe want you to know all about our four-month-old mission statement. We hope that you will see in these articles and in these images that our new mission statement truly captures what we strive to be each day: a community committed to nurturing, engaging, learning, and growing.â€? Dear Cannon Community, Can you recall that time in life when someone gave you something so new and so different and so exciting that you literally could not wait to use it and show it? You were certain that this new thing would introduce new possibilities and new aspects of life heretofore unrealized and unexplored. And you felt that those people closest to you would simply want to see how happy you were to have this new thing. For me, it was a red Schwinn bike that I received when I was 10. To this day, I cannot remember any bike I rode before this red Schwinn; and any bike since the red Schwinn would always be described in comparison to the red Schwinn. I saw in this bike the certainty of being able to go faster and farther. For a 10-year-old boy, there was really nothing better than the prospects of greater velocity and brand-new vistas. Matthew E. Gossage, Head of School Cannon School has something new and different and exciting, and we are convinced this new thing will introduce new possibilities heretofore unrealized and unexplored. And in this edition of Cannon Magazine, we want you to see how happy we are with this thing that is new and different. We are like a kid with a new bike. We want you to learn all about our four-month-old mission statement. We hope that you will see in these articles and in these images that our new mission statement truly captures what we strive to be each day: a community committed to nurturing, engaging, learning, and growing. We love the clarity that our new mission statement provides. We recognize and respect the inherent challenge in the statement that calls us individually and collectively to work together to be better and to do better with each new day. We look forward to living this new mission with you as we strive to engage each and every learner at Cannon. Sincerely, CANNON MAGAZINE | WINTER 2018 | 3