A Message from
D. John Watson, PhD
Head of School
 Friday Fling
Friday, February 1
Upper School Deck, 5:00 pm
 11th Grade College Meeting
Thursday, February 7
US Common Room, 7:30 am
 Middle School Dance
Friday, February 8, 6:30 pm
 FREE Concert!
Jack Hartmann, Prek – 5th
Saturday, February 9, 9:30 am
 Baseball and Barbecue
Event Featuring Mike Schmidt,
Buck Showalter, and John Kruk
Saturday, February 9
Marco Island Marriott, 6:00 pm
 Admission Open House
Monday, February 11
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
 Grandparents’ and
Special Friends’ Day
Thursday, February 14
 NO SCHOOL
Professional Development
Friday, February 15
 February Break
Monday, February 18 Friday, February 22
 School Resumes
Monday, February 25
 MS Parent Coffee
Thursday, February 28
Room 504, 8:00 am
 ALL-SCHOOL Field Day
Friday, March 1
 Scholastic Book Fair
Monday, March 4 Friday, March 8
 MS Production:
You’re a Good Man,
Charlie Brown!
Thursday, March 7 Friday, March 8
February 1, 2013
Dear Seacrest Parents,
The first of February is here and in ten days or so we will be about halfway
through winter. Seems weird to think of it that way. Where I grew up, and most
of us grew up, this is early summer weather at worst. It was one degree above
zero in Minneapolis yesterday, and I’m not missing that!
Today I am off campus with 18 other Seacrest folks on a strategic planning
retreat. Our task is to create a vision for Seacrest five years hence, and develop a
one-year action plan by May. This planning process and retreat have been in the
works since September and you might remember my letter announcing the
formation of the Planning Group a few weeks back. The group is made up of
trustees, administrators, faculty, parents, and a few close friends who are setting
aside time in the next few months on behalf of Seacrest. I want to thank them in
advance for their time and talent in service to the future of all our children.
We have several interesting events coming up before I write you again. Saturday,
February 9 is a big day! The Jack Hartmann concert (for children ages 3-10)
will open up our campus to the greater Naples community for a morning of music
and fun. Following the concert, we will have action-packed, hands-on activities
in science, literacy, art, and more. Bring a friend and stay for the morning. It
promises to be a wonderful event!
That evening will be the first ever, and soon to be legendary, Baseball and BBQ
with Buck (Showalter), Kruk (John) and Mike (Schmidt) at the Marco Island
Marriott. It is the perfect evening for the avid fanatic or the casual fan who loves
baseball stories and lots of laughs. I found out during the planning process that
our own Seacrest parent, John Kruk, is a very funny guy! And he swears that
Buck and Mike are funnier. This link http://www.seacrest.org/page.cfm?p=2079
will take you to more information and registration instructions.
The high point of my day on Thursday was visiting the 3rd grade Gadgets Galore
Convention in Mrs. Emerton’s and Ms. Curvin’s rooms. The number of inclined
planes, pulleys, conveyors, and elevators would have made Rube Goldberg proud!
Each of the kids, of course, gave me the full treatment – name, age, invention,
mechanics used – followed by as many demonstrations as it took to make it work.
Usually, that was just one. It was awesome, and I was impressed by the intricacy
of some, and the bare-bones simplicity of others. As one inventor told me, “It
could have been bigger. I wanted to see how small it could be and still work.”
Enough said!
With warmest regards,
 Please note: New Date
for Cabaret
Sunday, April 14, 7:00 pm
D. John Watson, PhD
Head of School