Experienced educator with nearly two decades in schools.
The end of the school year sneaks up every June, and somewhere around the first week of the month, the question lands: what to get the teacher. There is no wrong answer here. Teachers are genuinely happy to be thought of, and any gift that arrives with a kind note...
Course selection season is happening right now. Most parents don't know what their child's transcript is being measured against. The conversation happening in a lot of houses this month A version of this exchange is taking place at dinner tables across the country right now. A...
Teachers love this tradition. The book that gets passed from teacher to teacher across thirteen years of school, with a personal note inside from each one, is one of the most meaningful keepsakes a family can build. Most teachers are genuinely glad when a copy lands in their mailbox. The...
Parents receive the annual report on giving. The handwritten thank-you cards from the Head of School. The polished newsletter explaining how a recent capital campaign will "transform the student experience." What parents almost never receive is a straight answer about where the tuition itself goes, and why...
If you're the parent of a middle schooler, the course assignment email for next year either just landed in your inbox or it will soon. And for a lot of families, that email raises a question that's hard to answer from the outside: how did the...
If your child is finishing 4th or 5th grade, there's a phrase about to enter your life that you'll hear constantly for the next few years: executive function. Teachers will use it. Learning specialists will use it. The middle school orientation packet will use it. And...