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Over Thanksgiving Break I went to Richmond, Virginia, where I grew up, to see my parents, my sister and her family, as well as my aunts, uncles, cousins and their children. An interesting thing... Read More »

A masterful middle school English teacher I once knew always began with her students by talking about the kind of classroom community they would create together. We can’t always control the... Read More »

Each November, in the wake of All Saints’ Day, I’m reminded that celebrating the saints is a valuable practice for spiritually diverse communities like Episcopal schools. Episcopal... Read More »

How do we express our Episcopal identity in our own unique way, as do all Episcopal schools? Our school is a laboratory of sorts in which we have the chance to rejoice together, grieve together,... Read More »

“Do you know what happened to the bell?” I was surprised by how many people asked me that when I became chaplain of St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School. They were asking about the sanctus... Read More »

We’ve all encountered “captchas” online—those wiggly words we re-type to prove that we are not a machine. But recently I encountered wording I had never seen before. It simply... Read More »

The following letter was sent by head of school J. Ross Peters to the St. George’s Independent School community. While this summer for the Peters family has been replete with chances to... Read More »

STEM and STEAM have hit schools like a tsunami. 3-D printers, “maker spaces” and all things inventive are increasingly part of the curriculum. In part, the STEM movement grew out of... Read More »

As a child, a road trip to visit a relative or meandering the dirt roads of Vermont instilled in me a great love of driving. I couldn’t wait to be the person behind the wheel. I still take... Read More »

Alex who is in 8th grade, knew very little about his family’s history, especially the impact of the Armenian Genocide on his ancestors. As he prepared his presentation for the junior high... Read More »