Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi
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Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 33 – Shake the Dust
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… I need to begin to shake the dust of this year from my sandals. A full week into April, it is hard to deny that the end of…
Eduquote of the Week | 4.5.2021
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. Saint Pope John Paul II
The Vault, No. 19 | Guys? And Other Difficult Adjustments
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Guys? And Other Difficult Adjustments I am a high school principal. My school’s website tells me so. This year, however, I have been so very happy to have been assigned two English classes (to be fair, I asked, cajoled, demanded to be assigned them). Long before…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 32 – See the Greater Good
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… I, like most in education, have told students “no,” more than I ever have in the past. I have looked students in the eyes in the midst of…
Eduquote of the Week | 3.29.2021
When the untapped potential of a student meets the liberating art of a teacher, a miracle unfolds. Mary Hatwood Futrell Women’s History Month
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 31 – Apply the Brakes, Just a Bit
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… … we cannot in the next two-and-a-half months of the school year pack nine months worth of life. We cannot live an entire year in this timeframe. This…
Eduquote of the Week | 3.22.2021
No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helped you. Althea Gibson Women’s History Month
The Vault, No. 18 | Lane Eight
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Lane Eight I was blessed to work with a talented administrator and friend for 20 years. He was the Dean of Students (the man in charge of student discipline) when I was a high school student, was in the role when I returned to my alma…
Eduquote of the Week | 3.15.2021
The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community — these are the most vital things education must try to produce. Virginia Gildersleeve Women’s History Month