Last night was the third time I participated in a Great Books book club. Our group was a bit bigger this time around with two new members and a third member who rejoined the group after missing out on Sophist and the Henriad. This evening we discussed Julius Caesar on the roof deck of The […]
Early Insight from the Start of the School Year
The beginning of the school year takes awhile. For me it lasts from first Athletic practices in late July through the Friday before the Labor Day weekend. In at least a few ways, we move into a school year the way we move into a new house–a new school year has its own kind of […]
The Significance of Parent Leadership
I am always reminded in my monthly meetings with our parents organization leadership (PAWS) that strong partnership between school and parents is essential to the success of an ambitious strategic plan. These parent representatives have been working extremely hard with their respective grade activities, and today we met to both debrief the opening of the […]
Blessing of the Backpacks: Welcoming 9th Graders and their Parents into the High School
We have had a very good Opening Day to the 2012-2013 school year. Our Seniors made a fun, loud and dramatic entry to our first assembly, our rollout of a one-to one laptop program has gone remarkably well (knock on wood!), and in general the community seems to be good spirits as we find our […]
Twelfth Night, the Henriad, and Hamlet: My Shakespeare Week
It is Shakespeare Week here at “Ross All Over the Map.”Last night my wife and I went to The New American Shakespeare Tavern to see a great performance of Twelfth Night with new Atlanta friends. Today I am finishing up the Henriad (Richard II, Henry IV, part one, Henry IV, part two, and Henry V) […]
Approaching a Mystery: A Shaft of Shade and Lightning Over the Ocean
I have become so used to getting immediate responses. I bet you have too.So when I looked at this picture in the moments after I took it earlier this week using “Instagram” and my iPhone, I wanted an instant answer to the shaded column dissecting the middle of the photograph, yet instead the mystery just […]