Yesterday I spoke in Chapel at our Germantown Campus about our theme for February: Courage. Actually I spoke twice–first to grades 2 through 5 and a little later to JK through 1.Planning for the seven minute or so talks served as a reminder for me of the importance of differentiation in teaching. Great teachers are always […]
Ross All Over the Map – blog
St. George’s and Serve901: A New Partnership to Meet an Old Need
[Last night we sent a letter to the St. George’s Independent School community about a new, and I think, unprecedented partnership with Serve901 to share space and to create service learning experiences for our students. Serve 901 is an initiative of Memphis’s City Leadership, which also supports the vibrant and successful Choose901 campaign. I will […]
When Most of the Snow Skips Over Your Snow Day Town
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jibW27hz7dU&w=560&h=315] Eleanor and Middle School Friends Make the Demand for a Snow Day __________ It was the sure thing. 3 -5 inches. High winds. Treacherous conditions. Dire travel warnings. — By mid-morning on Thursday, it already seemed to be a foregone conclusion that Memphis would be paralyzed in blizzard-like conditions by Friday morning. I […]
Martin Luther King Service 2016–The Present and Future are Ours to Make
[ I gave this reflection as part of a Martin Luther King service.] Good Morning! A photograph, a certain kind of very rare photograph, can come to stand for a period of history. It can somehow capture a moment larger than the scene depicted in the frame itself, and most relevant to my comments this […]
The Ugly Baby Meets Epiphany
[Edited only very slightly for clarity, what follows is the reflection I gave to the full faculty of St. George’s Independent School during a chapel service preceding our in-service day] <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/rkadtxlCRU4″ frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe> Good morning! Are there any Seinfeld fans out there in the house? With central […]
Approaching School Days as Architecture: An Idea Revisited
[vimeo 74943290 w=500 h=281]<p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/74943290″>Asheville School Project Connect Ross Peters 2013</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/sobriquetstudio”>Sobriquet Studio</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> In 2013 I had the privilege of speaking at Asheville School’s Project Connect. For me, returning to this remarkable small boarding school was a homecoming as I taught at Asheville School for ten years and was the founding […]