Can you imagine performing Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?” routine and following it up with a recitation of Poe’s “The Raven?” That would be just over 2000 words learned within a context. How about 50 or 75 or…
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In the Upper School, an important part of our academic program — for both IB- and non-IB-Diploma candidates — is CAS.  The idea is simple: find your passion and engage with it through creativity, activity and/or service. Creativity...
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An important part of our family’s vacation plans is deciding which and how many national parks to visit. Will we camp in Yellowstone? Hike in the Great Smoky Mountains? Rock climb in Acadia? Pay our respect to the...
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I felt from a very early age (think “first week of kindergarten”) that I wanted to be a teacher, and 8th grade algebra pretty much nailed the math thing for me.  After that, I paid more attention to…
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At the Oscars, the presenters and winners always remind us how much of an impact movies have on our lives – how they bring out our emotions and awareness, calm us or scare us.  Movies are two hours of…
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Write the date March 14 in numerical form, 3-14, and what do you get?  It’s Pi Day! Π (Pi) Day is celebrated in schools throughout the country to take a closer look at the number 3.14, or the ratio…
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