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BOARD BULLETIN: ONBOARDING NEW BOARD MEMBERS

For your school’s board of trustees to have a productive year, both new and returning board members need to be well-prepared for the work ahead. While the primary focus of this issue of the Board Bulletin focuses on orienting new […]

PREPARING STUDENTS FOR AN EVER-CHANGING FUTURE

The Summit School’s Idea Shop Pushes Student Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Creativity In the heart of Winston-Salem, NC, the Summit School has spent the better part of the past 90 years recognizing the needs of the local community and rising to meet […]

AUGUST 2024 SIGNALS

Hello there! On behalf of everyone at SAIS, welcome to the 2024-2025 school year.  As a guest writer last August, I scribed a post for the monthly newsletter about traversing transitions. Little did I know that I was about to […]

SHOULD SCHOOLS SAY “NO” TO SMARTPHONES?

As the 2024-2025 academic year gets underway, school leaders across the country find themselves wondering if enough is enough when it comes to student electronic devices, namely smartphones. Prompted in part by books such as Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation, […]

LEADING THROUGH POLARITY TOOLKIT

As we navigate the complexities in our school communities, effective leadership entails more than just problem-solving; it requires the nuanced skill of managing polarities. In a world where opposing forces often tug at our decisions and actions, understanding and embracing […]

CRAFTING EFFECTIVE AI PROMPTS

Understanding how to engineer an AI prompt will help you harness the power of generative AI. Creating a scenario to house the question you are asking narrows the scope of the AI’s response to supply a more helpful and appropriate reply. […]

School Stories: Why Worldview? A Call to Christ, A Call to Virtue

Evangelical Christian School’s (ECS) mission is “to provide the Christian family with a Christ-centered, biblically directed curriculum that challenges the students to know the Lord Jesus Christ and to develop the vision and practice of excellence in academics, character, leadership, […]

Building Teams

We are committed to teams. Many of us spend Friday night or Saturday afternoon rooting for our school’s football team. Likewise, if we have our own children, we shuttle them to their sports activities so they can be on teams. […]

School Stories: How Do You Celebrate Your 175th Birthday?

By Jennifer Parris, St. Mary’s Episcopal School St. Mary’s Episcopal School, the oldest independent school in Tennessee, celebrated its 175th anniversary with a party last spring, the culmination of a yearlong campaign to honor and remember the traditions and legacy […]

School Stories: Back to School Events

Opening convocations, Friday night tailgates, and parent open houses. Back to school events bring our communities together as we build relationships with new families and prepare for the new year. For the first time in a long time, our students […]