A Day at the Orchard
Dear Friends- After being rained out last year, our school has been buzzing with the anticipation of our yearly trip to the apple...
An Actual Foundation
Dear Friends- We are just finishing our first full week here at Randolph, and as always the start of school serves as a simple reminder...
The End of the Year
Dear Friends- I always love the end of the year here at Randolph School. The kids are generally in a wonderful spirit, the air is filled...
Constellations of Learning
Dear Friends- Sometimes writing the weekly note can be a struggle. Either I can’t figure out what I want to say, or I have too much to...
Learning is Oxygen to Teachers
Dear Friends- A parent approached me last week to say: “Ben, I know you have a Faculty Development day this Friday, but I have no idea...
Scientific American Mind
Dear Friends- In the top right corner of page 33 in the March/April issue of Scientific American Mind is a bright yellow box titled “What...
Maple Syrup Time
Dear Friends- I arrived to school the other day to an interesting scene. The front doors were flung open wide, and at first I thought it...
Grandmother Maple
Dear Friends- We had a small traffic jam in the driveway yesterday. Bob Baisley was trying to drop off the annual order of hay bales that...
Soul Development
Hello Friends- My note today will probably be a bit brief, as I spent all day Friday up on the slopes of Catamount Mountain with the...
A Visit From the "Fighting 45"
Dear Friends- “What if I have a Beta fish?” Our young student had patiently waited with her hand raised to ask this very important...