independent-school
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Finals week in an independent school is a strange mixture of exhaustion, ceremony, logistics, and controlled chaos. Between AP exams, commencement events, MacBook collections, foundation repairs at home, and a neighborhood power grid apparently held together with dental floss and a prayer, this week has felt like an extended exercise in keeping systems, and myself,…
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Some summers have their own rhythm. They allow time for slow mornings, long afternoons, and evenings that stretch lazily into the night. This was not one of those summers. I knew as far back as March that this summer would be different. That was when my role and responsibilities shifted, taking on more than I…
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yai = yet another initiative the phones are being banished! We are finally pulling the metaphorical trigger on students with phones in school. they will be required to turn in phones as soon as they enter the building, and they won’t be allowed to pick them up again until they leave campus. I have a…