We’re three weeks into our 2021-2022 school year and it’s been, by all measures, a fantastic start. We have all of our students back on campus full-time for the first time since March 2019, our twelfth-grade students were welcomed back with most of the traditional hoopla, and students are learning, collaborating, and enjoying their time... Continue Reading →
Life Lessons from Scooby Doo
Each year, the Lincoln School senior class picks a theme, a sort of cartoon spirit-animal, from which they base their senior uniform and events. Since I’ve been at Lincoln, different generations have picked The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., and other well-known cartoons for this purpose. This year, our senior class has chosen Scooby Doo, my favorite... Continue Reading →
What I Did This Summer
It’s fairly common at the start of a new school year for teachers to greet their new students with brief introductions and “getting to know you” games, and to ask the question, “Does anyone have anything they’d like to share about their summer?” With that in mind I’d like to share a few things that... Continue Reading →
To The Class of 2021
“We can do hard things.” -Glennon Doyle For the Class of 2021, it certainly hasn’t been easy. I don’t have to tell you; you’ve lived it. Fifteen months ago, you all went home from school on a Wednesday afternoon and didn’t come back for almost a full calendar year. Even when you did come back,... Continue Reading →
The Wit and Wisdom of Schitt$ Creek
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/schitt-s-creek-season-6-isn-t-over-fans-are-ncna1115416 So, I’m a little more than fashionably late to the party, but over the past several weeks I’ve been watching all six seasons of Schitt$ Creek with my wife Amy. To be clear, she’s seen every episode at least twice and has been telling me for years that I need to watch the show.... Continue Reading →
Yearbook Messages
Each year, I have the honor of writing a message to our graduating seniors in our yearbook. As we rapidly approach the end of the 2020-2021 school year and the graduation of the Class of 21, I'm looking back on the words I've written since taking on the role of High School Principal at Lincoln... Continue Reading →
Service Learning
An old story I know… Once, there was an old man who, after a long life, passed away. Now, I know what you’re thinking, what a sad way to start a story! But he really was an old man and he’d lived a long and happy life. And anyway, it’s just a made-up story. But,... Continue Reading →
A Thank You to Our Students at the IBDP Art Exhibit
Author Neil Gaiman wrote, “Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art.” And that’s what our student-artists have... Continue Reading →
Hybrid Learning: How We Got Here
We’re over a month into hybrid learning at Lincoln School, and I thought it might be a good time to talk about the model we chose for our return to campus this semester. It’s a model that we worked on as a team last summer in anticipation of returning to campus in August, and then... Continue Reading →
Leadership and LIFE Lessons with Ted Lasso
Over the past few posts, I’ve highlighted leadership lessons that I took from each episode of Ted Lasso. Hopefully by now you’ve had a chance to see the show, and I hope you laughed and learned as much as I did along the way. Maybe you took some of the same messages I did from... Continue Reading →
Garrenteed Learning 