All Of Who We Are
This past weekend, we hosted our annual Saturday Open House on campus, the largest turnout of prospective families that we have had in at least …
Life skills
Why am I thankful?
Our youngest, Piper, woke me up at 3 in the morning the other night. It has become a pretty consistent pattern. She’ll sleep through the …
Partnership
During my summertime meetings with new families, I typically ask parents to share a little about their child. “Describe them for me,” I’ll say. Parents …
Of possibilities, challenges, and purple crayons
The following are my remarks from this morning’s Class of 2012 graduation: Good morning students, faculty, parents, grandparents, and friends and welcome to the Hillbrook …
A Gentle Nudge
One of the early lessons I learned as a parent was how to short-circuit toddler-driven decision-making gridlock. You know the routine. You don’t ask, “What …
Finding Your Element
I love TedTalks. Whenever I watch one, I am reminded of the famous Mark Twain quotation, “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, …