2008 - 2009 Annual Report - St. John's-Kilmarnock School

Leading the Way
Alumni Association—Letter from the President
Leadership has always been an issue of great importance at SJK. While we can hold many
interpretations of SJK’s vision, I believe it circulates around leadership and wanted to celebrate the
leadership we’ve seen over the past year within our school community, specifically our alumni.
It has been my absolute great pleasure to serve as Alumni Association President and to connect with
so many of you. It has been an exciting year where we have created and established a new strategic
vision for our alumni body, visit our Facebook group to see the plan, have established a direction for a
new advisory council, and are in the works of revamping the Flame newsletter. Ultimately, these are
all tools that will help shape our community, but the measure of our success will be with your
commitment to each other and the School.
My role is one of conversations; conversations with faculty, current and past parents, SJK’s governors
and leadership, and with all of you. It never ceases to amaze me what our alumni are accomplishing.
Whether its adventures in space, leading in Canada’s business communities, graduating from medical
school, serving at the UN, or being a first time mom; our alumni all over the world share a great sense
of personal leadership over their lives—many success habits rooted in the values of SJK. Social
networking tools have made it possible for us to better connect with each other than ever before. It is
my hope that we can grow our conversations as a community and celebrate our successes and that
we can continue to foster personal growth in each other and our community.
As a member of the SJK Board of Governors, I have been quite proud of how the school has solidified
its position in recessionary times. Our fiscal management is strong and school leadership is guiding
the School in the right direction. Over the past year Ian Hornsby has served as Acting Head of School
and on behalf of the entire SJK Alumni body, I want to extend the heartiest of congratulations and a
warm thank you for your leadership. The school is fortunate to have your leadership. It is also my
pleasure to again welcome Norman Southward to take the reins and lead SJK into the next chapter
of our history.
A few years back John Kelleher ’93 referred to SJK as a ‘leadership factory’ and now more than I ever
I believe this title to be fitting. I wish all of our alumni all the best as they continue to lead in their
communities, careers, and families all over the world.
Please do stay in touch!
David J. Singh ’03
SJK Alumni Association President
dsingh@sjkschool.org