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We cannot let what we go through define who we are, but instead let it shape us into who we are becoming.

My personality and hobbies may sometimes conflict, but ultimately they combine to create my life. Without these counterpoints I am not myself. 

Now in my senior year, I look back on my four years at Shattuck for this speech and I came to the realization that even if I came here for soccer, the things I learned along the way are way more important than playing at the next level. 

Remembering 1912 Shattuck School graduate Walter H. Schulze and his role as the “Peace Messenger” at the end of WW I.

Words can’t describe how great of a coach he was. He always knew just what to say. His famous line was “you’re not your golf score.” 

How different would the world be if we treated everyone on the planet as an extension of our own family?

The people that we serve are so grateful for the food and supplies that we give them. Mostly though, they are just as happy to have someone to talk to and to have someone ask how they are.

No action or event can take the light from your eyes. Only you can give it that power. 

My Paw Paw risked his life and the lives of his family in order to stand up for what he believed in because he truly cared. 

All these individual voices provide the foundation for my unique voice. They serve as reminders for everything I am and everything I aspire to be. 

Head of School Matt Cavellier reflects
on Halloween at SSM and the way it symbolizes our shared community.

SSM has been hosting this annual fall event for 14 years.

”This past spring, I graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.S. in Genetics. The BioScience program helped me discover this area of science.”

” We used a DNA extraction kit, which is the same protocol people around the world use to extract DNA in the lab.”

“My family and I pretended like we are all immortal and would never come across death because it is scary. We do not bring up this topic, and we do not even think about this topic. Seeing the heartbreaking stories from Being Mortal made me realize that I need to embrace the fact that we are mortal and stop being scared by it.”

I learn from my grandma every day. She showed me how to persevere as I watched her battle cancer. 

So, technically Rory and Tyler are my half brothers. But I have never thought of them that way. They are my brothers. They feel the same way about me.

Today I feel immensely proud of being Latina, of having African, Spanish, Portuguese and Indian roots, and of having learned to speak such a passionate language as Spanish.

We’re going to keep our heads up together in honor of this great man.

Thankfully, I have friends who accept me the way I am. They give me the chance to love myself.

The sense of community that I felt that morning was palpable and I’ve never forgotten it.  - Michele Cornish

SSM’s 6th and 7th graders learn in Eagle Bluff’s great outdoors.

We work. It’s who we are. It’s in our DNA.

My time spent with my sisters has been quite the rollercoaster, but I have been taught lessons that I will bring with me throughout my life. 

”It was surprising to learn how even a little judgment and assumption can lead to huge inequality and an ethical problem.”

Scott reminded me to have fun and to be excited about what I love. He taught me to push myself and to be passionate.