Highlights from this Week’s Fly By

Welcome to the Fly By with Callyanne McCrea

School Theme for the Year

This year’s theme is Hope from Psalm 71:5:
“For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.”

Key Reminders

• TEFA The TEFA application portal opens this Wednesday, February 4. We encourage all families to apply to this program as soon as possible. See the Landing for more details on this program and why Geneva is participating.
• Mars Hill Join us for the Mars Hill Lecture this Thursday, February 5 at 1:50pm. All parents are invited to attend as Dr. Louis Markos presents on his latest book, Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education. Dr. Markos is a Professor in English and Scholar in Residence at Houston Christian University. He is a speaker and a prolific author of over 26 books. His son, Alex Markos, is a valuable faculty member in the Rhetoric School. There will be a faculty/staff meeting with him that evening.
• Parent Book Discussion Join Mrs. Gombert as she begins a new book. She will read Desiring the Kingdom by James K. A. Smith and will have the first discussion over the introduction and chapter one on Wednesday, February 25 at 8:30am in the K/1 Gathering Space. You can order the book through the link found on the Landing.
• Hot Lunch Hot Lunch is open for the month of March and will close on the 8th.
• Annie Mays In case you missed it, listen to another episode of ‘Let’s Talk with Leslie Moeller’ as she continues her conversation with Annie Mays, Associate Regional Director for Young Life in the San Antonio area. They discuss the effects of technology. What natural instincts are being hijacked from our sons and daughters? What are kids exhibiting because of the influence of technology? Can our kids work through conflict and is putting guidelines around what our kids see on their phones enough? Listen to the second episode to hear Leslie and Annie’s thoughts and what we can do to help change course. Link can be found in the Landing last Friday.

This Week in History

On February 4, 1789 George Washington was unanimously elected as the first president of the United States of America with a vote from every single one of the 69 electors participating. Each voting elector possessed two votes. With the second highest vote count, John Adams was elected as the Vice President. Only 10 of the 13 states participated, excluding New York who failed to appoint electors in time along with North Carolina and Rhode Island who had not yet ratified the Constitution. In 1804, this practice changed where separate ballots were given for the office of president and vice president. With this election came the establishment of the Executive branch. 

Did You Know?

Did you know that the Valedictorian and Salutatorians have been named for the class of 2026? This year’s Valedictorian is Elle Chalmers and Co-Salutatorians are Sopris Oglesby and Abigail Bussey. A huge congrats and job well done to all three of you!

Fun Faculty Fact

Humanities and AP Government Instructor, Daniel Player, has been at Geneva since 2019. He has taught in all three schools as a 5th grade, 8th grade, and now 12th grade teacher. He also worked for Younglife in the San Antonio area for 20 years. He has climbed 14 14-ers, has run 7 spartan races, coached basketball, and could dunk until he was 40. He is Assistant Head of School, Amy Metzger’s, baby brother, but I think his most notable accomplishment and title is being my dad. I sure love having my dad on campus– proud of you dad!