March 24, 2022
From Jennifer Rogers-Petitt, Director of Development and Community Engagement
One Thursday per month you will see a guest Head’s Message from a member of the Institutional Advancement Team. We hope these additional perspectives will help you catch a glimpse inside the inner-workings of your school.
If you’re like me, over the past few weeks, you may have been reflecting on how different our spring breaks were two years ago compared to this year. Two years ago, my two kiddos and I were enjoying a memorable trip to New York City, gearing up to take in Broadway shows and the many sites. Halfway through the trip, major sports teams, businesses, public spaces, and what felt like the entire country began to shut down due to this new virus that was sweeping across the world. One day we were walking through the bustling Times Square, and the next day I was worried about our ability to get a flight back home.
Two years in, so many things in our lives continue to be different, but I am so happy to see many areas returning to our new normal. Seeing many of your students’ smiling faces as we made the move to masks being optional, having parents back in our hallways, and being together to build community have been wonderful steps forward.
Prior to that fateful family trip in the spring of 2020, the development team was busy at work planning that year’s spring auction fundraising event. We were going to gather as a community to celebrate all we had accomplished and to raise funds in support of our amazing teachers and students. Like many others at that time, we quickly had to pivot and figure out what it meant to hold a fundraising event virtually. After two successful virtual spring auctions, we are thrilled to once again be planning to gather with you and many others, including alumni, grandparents, parents of alumni, and other supporters of MPA at the MPA Spring Auction: Let’s Dream event. You can be a part of this event in many ways: as a virtual sponsor, donating an auction item now, buying a Golden Ticket, or purchasing your tickets to attend!
Our team has been hard at work with our volunteer planning committee to bring a fun (and safe!) opportunity for us to be together over a great meal, drinks, and with a lot of fun items for you to bid on and win. This is a wonderful chance to meet other parents, reflect on the year so far, and hear about amazing things that are happening at the school. I hope you will consider joining us so we can dream together about what the future will bring at MPA.
