As we approach Homecoming this year, we are especially mindful of what the occasion represents. In welcoming back our alumni, we pay tribute to the legacy of our school and realize the profundity of our common experience.

LWA links us all as one body of people, and the knowledge that an institution can bring such unity is stirring and quite remarkable. It inspires a lot of pride to be part of such a community, and even more excitement to show off this pride.

To commemorate the 100th year of our school, a helicopter arrived on a sunny, Monday morning to take a picture of all of the staff and the students, from the Pre-K all the way up to the Upper School seniors, in a large “100” formation.

Despite the sun’s glare, we beamed up at the helicopter as it captured us in a still-frame of our school’s history. I guess you can say that on that day, excitement was literally in the air for LWA and the future.