I was so honored to be part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremonies at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center when senior Ayden Githinji received the Kirby Edmonds ACTION Award for Social Justice!
Building on the concept of “generous ecosystems,” we were invited to consider what nature teaches us about networks, and how we could use that learning to grow our budding Catalyst Leaders network in a way that would serve as a generative power for other schools.
Students from the first year of our school in 2009 chose this friendly little adolescent salamander as our mascot because it reflects our school values and mission.