Head of School Blog - Thinking About School

Thanks again to the Board and Wooster community for supporting my time at the Klingenstein Center this past year. Follow the link below to an article that I wrote for Independent School Magazine that was inspired by my time there, and my experiences these past five years at Wooster School.

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As more and more evidence emerges about the profound effects of diet, movement, and sleep on our health and well-being, we all need to do everything that we can to educate our children, and ourselves, about how to be well every day. Obviously, your children spend most of their day with us at school,…

“We focus on the outside world in education and don’t look much at inwardly focused reflective skills and attentions, but inward focus impacts the way we build memories, make meaning and transfer that learning into new contexts. So what are we doing in schools to support kids turning inward?”

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Though I am loathe to weigh in publicly on matters political, I would be abrogating my responsibility as chief steward of Wooster School's learning environment if I did not make some comment on the news that Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States. One need only look at the …

We invest in education because we know that learning shapes our children's lives. Given how advances in technology, communication and transportation are transforming borders, cultures, and ideologies across the world, one could argue that it has never been more important that students be part of a …

Over the last several years, our Student Advancement Office has worked hard to help us enter into meaningful conversations with colleges and universities throughout the country. We began with our College Admissions Series, which led to great conversations with Deans and Assistant Deans of Admission …

As we try to understand the violent events of the last months - Ferguson, Paris, San Bernardino, Orlando, Minnesota, Louisiana, Dallas, and now Nice - and reactions to them across the country by individuals and groups, I want to assure you that these events are very much on our minds here at Wooster…

Namaste Wooster!

As most of you know, I will be leaving on Saturday morning with three Upper School students to travel to Kathmandu, Nepal and make connections with teachers, students, and families at the Rashmi School. Our partnership with the Rashmi School is hopefully the first of many that we…

Here at Wooster School, like many schools, we love a good party and we love the treats that come with them. We love the treats so much that they have transcended the parties. Bowls and jars of candy, cupcakes, cookies and the current favorite -- donuts -- abound. I see so many Dunkin’ Donuts …

This was a particularly dismal winter for anyone like me who likes to run outdoors. The difference for me this year was that for the first time in recent memory, I had a treadmill nearby, in the gym at Wooster, so I started to make like a hamster and run on the wheel. I discovered that one of the …