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

• School portraits are now available for purchase. Check the landing for details on how to order this year’s individual and class photos.
• Leslie Moeller is hosting her fall parent meeting just for K-Prep through 1st grade parents this Tuesday the 30th at 9:00am in the Lyceum.
• Rhetoric Families: Join us for the Rhetoric fall sports pep rally at the end of the day Friday, October 3rd in the Main Gym followed by the “pink out” football game.
• As a reminder, sibling applications are open for families with incoming K-prep and Kindergarten students for the 2026-2027 school year and are due October 17th.

This Week in History

September 29th- 1988 Stacy Allison, of Portland, Oregon, became the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth. The summit of Everest reaches two-thirds of the way through the air of the earth’s atmosphere – at about the cruising altitude of jet airliners.

October 4, 1927, sculpting began on the face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota. It would take another 12 years for the granite images of four of America’s most revered presidents—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt—to be completed.

Did You Know?

Do you know why the building to the right of the MPB is called the Old Admin? This portable was the original administration building on campus. It was placed just to the right of what now is the grammar office and was purchased from Regents School of Austin in 2004. After its life as the administration building, it was moved to where it is now and became the business office for a time and currently holds 9 staff members– the Head Of School, HR, operations, and members of the advancement team. It may have no running water but its legacy is foundational to the story of our campus.

Fun Faculty Fact

Geneva’s beloved Ellen Ricks who is in her 22nd year working here, was given two medals her senior year of high school in 1966– Athlete of the Year and Homemaker of the Year. What can’t she do? She does everything!