Monthly Archives: February 2011
Swinging for the Fences
Teaching is not an easy feat. As a new teacher, I’ve realized teaching is a whole new ballgame. Like a rookie on a baseball team, I’ve benefited from the time on the sidelines: receiving support and encouragement from the veterans … Continue reading
Filed under In the Classroom, The Faculty Perspective
Would you still be my friend?
This post was written on Thursday, February 17th during Spirit Week. One of the 7th graders looked up at me this morning and asked, “Do I look like a hippie?” I thought for a moment, looking at all the bright … Continue reading
Filed under School Happenings, Uncategorized
View from the International Baccalaureate Nest
I had the opportunity this week to sit down with two girls enrolling in the IB Diploma Programme, a chance to talk about how they view their strengths and challenges as students, about where they see themselves in relation to … Continue reading
Same as it Ever Was, pt. ii
My son looked up at me from across the table at the Amherst College Library, stood up, and asked, “Can we go?” As we packed up, he commented, ‘It’s later than I meant to leave,” and I knew he was … Continue reading
Filed under On Education
Last Act
“This is your last act of parenting.” – Michael Thompson The mother two seats down from me was the picture of nervous tension, with hunched shoulders and lips pressed together, an open spiral notebook and pen resting on her left … Continue reading
Filed under College Prep, In the Classroom, On Education, On Parenting
Anticipating the IB Diploma Program
As we near the end of February – months since my last entry (I note with chagrin…) – we are waiting impatiently to receive our official authorization to open as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School next fall. This is … Continue reading
Who We Are
Two 9th graders walked into the Geissler Gallery, saw me, and stopped short. Barely restraining their laughter, they asked me “Where are you sitting?” “Nowhere near you,” I responded as teachers and students around us looked momentarily shocked and then … Continue reading
On the Importance of Having Fun
I know that Stoneleigh-Burnham School is an academic institution and the girls are here first and foremost to learn. However, I (and perhaps this has to do with my relatively young age and still vivid memories of my own time … Continue reading
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
Bill Ivey, Stoneleigh-Burnham Middle School Dean
Laura Lavallee, Assoc. Dir. of Admissions
Liz Feeley, Associate Director of Development and Alumnae Relations
Sally Mixsell, Head of School
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