this is Second in a series of re-posted and Revised pieces I wrote Pre-covid19 that are more relevant than ever during this stunningly challenging time. I posted The original version of this one on January 20, 2020. When I was in seventh grade, I went to see Night of the Living Dead with a bunch […]
Zombies–Undead Colleges and Schools
When I was in seventh grade, I went to see Night of the Living Dead with a bunch of my classmates. It scared me something awful, and it was a bad place to be scared—news bulletin: seventh graders can be mercenary. One of my friends reached beneath my wooden folding seat in the school theater […]
The Adult’s Challenge after the Tragedy in Orlando
Last November I wrote a piece the morning after the Paris terrorist attack. (I have copied it below). Much of what I wrote seems sadly relevant to the Orlando attack at the Pulse Night Club where there were forty-nine victim mortalities and even more injuries, many critical. This latest attack is just that…the latest attack. […]
A Senior Prefect’s Helpful Insight
“[At St. George’s] I HAVE learned not WHAT to think but HOW to think, and not just HOW to think but HOW to think WITH OTHER PEOPLE.” I have been meeting with my advisees to discuss their upcoming student-led teacher/family conferences. I met with four of the seven of them yesterday, and two more today. My […]
To Students: Teach Me What I Need to Know
As we begin the inevitable sprint toward graduation and the end of my first school year at St. George’s Independent School in Memphis, TN, I realize how much I have learned since last July when I officially began my work as Head of School. More relevant, however, I realize how much more I have to […]
Deepening Student Engagement: A Parents Association Presentation
“It [Engagement] is a vital skill/habit for young people in the life they will lead once their diploma has been framed and put in a place on honor on the wall.” This morning I presented a talk entitled “Deepening Student Engagement” to our Parents Association Spring Breakfast in the parish hall of the Germantown Campus of […]