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February 2021 - Bright Lights
Teaching Seventh-Graders: Midwinter’s Energy Boost
Tired. Depleted. Grumpy. The pandemic is wearing. We are long past novelty and the adrenalin that carried us through summer. In our community, numbers were down; then they soared. Now,…
Issue: October 2020 - Belonging
A Conversation Between Two Leaders
Kathryn Purcell: I first met Ann 16 years ago. I knew from my first two encounters with her that I would learn a lot…
Issue: May 2020
Wanted: Women Who Prevail
Why do we teach what we teach? What happens when a story we love isn’t greeted with enthusiasm by our students? I used to…
Issue: April 2020 - Educating in a Pandemic
Living Room Leadership
They are bored. They are lonely. They are sad and mad. They are a group who has led our school with calm and thoughtfulness…
Issue: September 2019
To Teach or Not To Teach?
The rhythm of teaching grounded me. Having a class allowed me to quickly come to know fifteen girls as individuals, and they grew up…
Issue: May 2019
Read, Restore, Grow
More than any other season, summer invites us to read. Whether we are traveling or staying home, working or taking vacation time, we school…
Issue: March 2019
My Office, Myself
Mine is a wonderful, complicated, fascinating job. To shape the culture of a school whose mission resonates; to work with brilliant, brave colleagues; to…
