[At Westminster we are in the final stage of preparing a new website. As many readers will already know such work is remarkably demanding and multi-faceted, and among its complex tasks is creating engaging new content for the school’s web-presence. Our Communications Team has been doing great work preparing to unveil the web-page, and their […]
The Purpose of Connection: A Cum Laude Induction Speech
[I posted an early version of a Cum Laude speech last fall. It was a fragment of a speech I abandoned for another. As we have two of these ceremonies each year, I revisited it for the most recent induction ceremony although I changed its original direction completely. I have been thinking recently about how […]
About Project Connect
PROJECT CONNECTI will be presenting a 20 minute TED Talk-like talk as part of Project Connect in June. For me it will be a homecoming of sorts as I taught at Asheville School for ten years and was the founding chair of the integrated, interdisciplinary Humanities Department. There are some great folks on the faculty […]
Heading to My 25th College Reunion: The Speech I didn’t Give
[On Wednesday evening I delivered a brief talk, entitled “Lives Worthy of the Sacrifice,” as part of our Cum Laude and National Honor Society Induction Ceremony at The Westminster Schools. While I worked on the speech, I made one false start.Given that I am headed toward my 25th college reunion at The University of the […]
Lives Worthy of the Sacrifice: A Cum Laude and National Honor Society Speech
[What follows is a talk I gave last night at the Cum Laude and National Honor Society Induction at The Westminster Schools. Past readers of the blog might recognize some passages that have appeared on the blog before.] It is a pleasure to welcome parents, friends, and most importantly this evening, students, to the Cum […]
Revisiting a Guiding Idea: Creating A Progress Culture in a School
Recently I had two photographs framed. Made by Katelyn Jones, member of The Westminster Schools Class of 2013, right now they are leaning against the wall of my office ready to be hung. By digitally layering images on top of each other, she created something compelling. There is a magical, somehow dreamlike, quality to each. They leave […]