The St. George’s Independent School (SGIS) organizational model is unique, and often in my tenure as Head of School, I have been asked by colleagues around the country about how all the moving parts work together. With that in mind, I think writing the clearest description of the model I can might be helpful to those who seek to challenge the status quo of how independent schools align (or don’t) with the best ambitions of their cities/areas, as well as with like-minded philanthropic resources and community partners.
Paul’s Letter to the 2nd through Fifth Grade
[I gave the following talk yesterday morning to second through fifth graders on our Germantown Campus at St. George’s Independent School. The chapel theme for the month is HUMILITY. Before Thanksgiving I spoke on the topic of humility to our sixth through twelfth graders on the Collierville Campus.] Good morning! Over Thanksgiving Break I went […]
Justice Thurgood Marshall and The Bridges for Us to Build
My father, daughter, Eleanor, and I took a walk around Virginia’s Capitol Square in Richmond this morning. Having grown up in Richmond, I haven’t been back for a while–it was good to be back on the grounds surrounding the Thomas Jefferson designed building. The weather couldn’t have been more beautiful as we walked by the […]
St. Paul’s Thanksgiving Message: A Chapel Reflection on Humility
[I gave the following talk in our 6 – 12 Chapel service this morning] Happy Thanksgiving!The excerpt from Chapter Twelve of Paul’s epistle to the Romans, today’s scripture, is just as much a message to us as it was to the members of the early church in Rome. Sent to us almost two thousand years […]
Election Day and Civility Stress
At the end of this post I have included an excerpt from my email to faculty and staff today, as well as a “Prayer for Civil Debate”, which I wrote for an assembly in which students debated key issues during the 2012 Presidential Campaign. While relevant then, the prayer almost seems quaint now given the extreme […]
TWO, FIVE, TEN Revisited: A Change Management Framework
I offer the TWO, FIVE, TEN approach as an option for becoming assertive at the moment we might turn back from moving in a direction we believe has value.