Monthly Archives: May 2011
CD Collection
I placed an order for a CD today. On the face of it, not a particularly compelling event, although increasingly unusual in these days of iTunes and mp3s. This CD is special, however. It includes six songs written, arranged, and … Continue reading
Every Single Day
The general consensus is that this year’s Talent Show was perhaps the best in recent memory. There was over an hour of acts – mostly singing and dancing. After the school’s Big Band and Upper School Rock Band opened up … Continue reading
Total Fail
Several weeks ago, as I was leaving the Performing Arts Department meeting, I was nearly struck by a flying Coke can with two-inch-wide triangular paper wings and a tail barely an inch high. “It’s for study hall!” shouted an 8th … Continue reading
Taking the Plunge
This posting is adapted from a speech given at an Upper School Honor Roll Assembly by Liz Feeley, Associate Director of Development and Alumnae Relations. If I were a student here, what aspect of the SBS culture would captivate me? … Continue reading
Filed under Alumnae, On Education, Uniquely Stoneleigh-Burnham School
Valuing the Feminine
Several weeks after I started 7th grade at Amherst Regional Junior High School, one of my friends tapped me suddenly on the shoulder and whispered urgently if kindly, “You’re carrying your books wrong.” I glanced down at the books nestled … Continue reading
On the Same Page
As I reflect on the year, I am surprised to realize how few conferences I’ve attended. Professional Development is an integral part of my daily life, but these days 95% of it or more takes place on my phone. For … Continue reading
Filed under On Education, Stoneleigh-Burnham Middle School
That Age
I do not usually wear a jacket and tie to chaperone duty, but this was a special occasion. As Greg Snedeker (our instrumental music teacher) and I approached the Capen Room at the appointed meeting time of 5:45, it seemed … Continue reading
Filed under School Happenings
Different Voices
I remember when our Admissions Director Mr. S. first started at our school, he sent the faculty an email asking how working in an all-girls school had shaped and was reflected in our teaching. At first, I was not sure … Continue reading
Filed under In the Classroom, On Education
Student Teachers
Back in the early 1990s, two students stood in front of the school at housemeeting and asked if any of the faculty would be willing to drive them to a blood drive in town. I went up to them afterwards … Continue reading
Choice Time
Although I see myself as primarily an essayist, almost exactly a year ago, a poem came to me. I was immersed, as always, in the world of my family, whom I love more than anything in the world and on … 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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