The 37th winter at KMS opened on Sunday, Nov. 6.  After dorm residents were given a chance to move in and student-athletes and parents met with teachers in the morning—with a few getting a chance at the snowboard team’s new slack line—the KMS food service crew put on a delicious lunch in the Revelon Dining Room. KMS head chef Rhonda Benoit’s spread of sandwiches, salad, and delicious chili fueled an afternoon that began with the now-traditional community meeting in the gym. Head of School Tao Smith greeted the community, highlighted some of the personnel changes since April, and reviewed two important parts of the KMS experience—recognition of those who allow our student-athletes to pursue their dreams and accepting the possibility of failure, along with the opportunity to learn from it, when taking risks. If you weren’t able to make it to the community meeting, see below for highlights.

From the community meeting, student-athletes and parents went to sport-specific meetings with coaches and program directors to review the athletic programs for each group of athletes. Finally, day students and all parents left before dorm students and staff held the first dorm meeting of the year, featuring both active learning exercises presented by Skye Whitehurst and the usual beginning-of-the-year overview of logistics, provided in conjunction with flying candy by Phil Anderson, who has been named head of dorm.

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