05/07/2026
The 2025-26 school year was a difficult year but absolutely one to remember. Though we lost both our S.E.E Director before the school year even started, AND our Camp Kappe Executive Director halfway through year, the outpouring of love and support we’ve received from every student, teacher and chaperone has been overwhelming. In the interim, our Secretariat Director, Jim Barette, has generously helped to fill in the gaps until these positions are eventually filled.
On Tuesday, to celebrate a blisteringly successful school year, especially amidst such tumultuous change, Mr. Barrette took the entire S.E.E. and Camp Kappe staff out to a celebration lunch at The Big Sombrero. On the way back, however, the S.E.E. instructors, all traveling together in a single vehicle, came upon a turtle in the middle of the road, hunkered for dear life inside his shell just outside of Camp Kappe. Mr. Norton hopped out of the car and nabbed him, whisking him to the safety of the Honda Accord Hybrid, handed the lil fella off to Ms. Rene in the passenger seat, and with Mr. Lakatos cheering from the backseat, the S.E.E. team successfully rehomed him in at the small pond of Camp Kappe’s Pond Study class. We unanimously decided to name him “Cinco” after Cinco de Mayo, the day of our celebration lunch, and his rescue.
Remember, fifth graders—and former fifth graders—your challenge to go home and make a change for the better. You’re never too old. (Mr. Norton is forty—yikes!) We love you, we pray for you, and we cannot wait for the next round of fifth graders to enter Camp Kappe’s gate.
All the love,
Mr. Norton
Mr. Lakatos
Ms. Rene
