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Message from the
Head of School
“We cannot choose what happens to us,
but we can choose how we react to it.”
There has never in recent but we can achieve it if we ready to act and accomplish.
memory been a better time maintain an unshakeable belief QMS is poised for even greater
to consider the concept of in our ability to do so. As a success in the months and years
‘resilience.’ No one living friend of mine used to say, “It’s a ahead and I am very confident
today has ever encountered little like wrestling with a gorilla, that we will achieve it. Of
something that has been so you don’t quit when you’re course, as we approach our
truly universal in its impact; tired, you quit when the gorilla 100th birthday, we will pause
every person in every country is tired!” many times to reflect on the
on Earth has been affected by Though there has been sadness courage and commitment of our
the pandemic. COVID-19 has and tragedy in recent months, Founders. We can be absolutely
sorely tested all of us in a huge there has also been amazing certain that they faced adversity
variety of ways and yet the stories of heroism, creativity, and challenges many times as
adversity has not been all bad. humour and commitment. As a they developed our School.
It has caused us all to draw on race, we are at our best when That we are here and about
those qualities and features we are tested and we are called to mark QMS’ milestone
which go to make up the notion upon to help each other. From birthday speaks volumes about
of resilience. In so doing, many the devotion and courage of their resilience. The school
of us have been reminded of our front-line workers to the of today can pay no greater
the saying, “We cannot choose selfless acts of kindness of so tribute to Miss Denny and Miss
what happens to us, but we can many, we have been uplifted Geoghegan than to emulate
choose how we react to it.” In and inspired. We opened up their approach to that quality
those reactions lies opportunity our hearts and now we can of resilience. Our mandate is
and I am so impressed by look forward to opening up our surely to set the School up for
the way the QMS community societies once more. And as we a superb second century and,
responded to the challenges negotiate all of the challenges come what may, we will.
of the past months, figuring out that will be with us for the
the possibilities and embracing foreseeable future, we must Thank you,
them. surely have confidence that we
We have collectively shown can keep fear in its place. To
courage and perseverance. We some extent, it’s inevitable that
have overcome disappointment we live with fear, but we must
and rejected complaining. We always try to avoid living in fear. David Robertson
have retained a cheerfulness, There is a big difference. Head of School
modelled optimism and shown As a relative newcomer to this
a willingness to adapt. All school community, I have been
of these attributes define struck by the strong connections
resilience and, at the end of that have been formed and
the day, we will bounce back I am extremely motivated to
stronger than we were before help us become the absolute
this period in time. That’s the best version of ourselves while
opportunity that we’ve been taking the opportunities that
given, the possibility of turning are presenting themselves. No
a bad situation into a good one. organization is ever truly static;
It does require determination, it’s a living breathing entity,
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