Assembly

That day, the confident young teacher lost her patience. Lifelong popular kids, used to mattering a lot and manifesting destiny, sometimes end up as adults prone to go too far when trying to do good. Natalie Lepore, an alumnus of our high school and one of the ‘cool ones’ from the day she was back in those classrooms, was not attuned to how loners think and feel. Her strong suggestion, too heavy to shrug off, was a good example: “Peripety, you’ll lead a group of three. Maybe Jack and Eric can learn something from you.”