“I would say that you need to embrace the nature of the work here. Fully apply yourself, work with your peers, take feedback, and always think about how you can make an impact, even beyond the Stone community.”
Read More“I believe fundamentally that one of the best ways to improve the world is to empower as many people as possible to use their voices, and just to love learning in general.”
Read More“I find lined paper offensive. It’s restrictive; it’s pedantic. It’s always telling me what to do. I might need room to draw a data table or a silly doodle, and, depending on my mood, I might even want to write diagonally or in a circle. My dotted Moleskin understands my deep need for freedom, and offers me structure without being overbearing.”
Read More“Grab any of my jackets and you’ll hear a jangling collection of detritus as likely to include a Hohner Marine Band harmonica as a stick of sealing wax. Among the general mishmash you’ll find some items which are genuinely necessary to the success of my day. The tools which follow are indispensable to my teaching.”
Read More“In the middle of the Civil War, 60 miles west of here, Abraham Lincoln reminded our country that national tragedies are times to 'take increased devotion' to the work of repair, the work of justice, and the work of Truth. Yours is a generation of Truth. If you speak it, if you listen to it, if you never, never look away from it, we have hope. That hope lives or dies with your willingness to tell the truth about the things you’ve experienced”.
Read MoreWe say it all the time here, but it’s true: we believe great school years are great stories.
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