Voices and viewpoints from educators across Dana Hall School's campus.
EIGHT DAYS AND COUNTING! In a little more than a week Dana Hall will welcome families from near and far to celebrate Family Weekend. My unofficial countdown began nearly three weeks ago when the Chair of the Parents’ Association dropped off a “Family Weekend countdown timer” as a joke. It’s Continue reading Making Magic Happen
We’ve been hearing a lot about walls these days. What is the purpose of a wall? Should a wall be celebrated or condemned? Hadrian’s Wall was built in Brittania, in what is now Great Britain, in 122 CE at the command of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. The 84-mile-long wall was Continue reading What I Learned from a Wall
As an alumna of Dana Hall, I am often asked what makes Dana Hall special. There are a number of ways I could answer this, but I almost always immediately think of the connections that Dana Hall alumnae make with each other across decades. One tradition that connects all Dana Continue reading Class Rings: Connecting Generations of Dana Hall Alumnae
Since the language of Computer Science is sometimes like a foreign language, I have to think of creative ways to introduce some of the concepts. There are words that are common to all of the software programming languages, such as loops and conditionals. These words are easier to explain and Continue reading The Language of Computer Science
This preseason, Dana Hall field hockey players stepped into a new season and on to a brand new turf field thanks to the generosity and hard work of many members of the Dana community. This new facility signifies an investment in the School’s collective Dragon spirit and commitment to athletics, Continue reading The Newest Addition to Grove Street: A Turf Field!
Teaching languages is about a lot of things. Helping students develop communication skills in the language they are studying is, of course, a top priority. Less obvious objectives include helping students appreciate language structure and words which often connote cultural and historical details. Language teachers also hope that their students Continue reading From “What?!” to “Wow!”
The following is an excerpt of remarks Head of School Katherine Bradley made at Dana Hall’s Opening Convocation. In 1875, Wellesley College admitted its first class. Mr. Henry Durant had the idea, radical at the time, that women could be educated, and be educated at the college level, so he Continue reading A Tradition of Trailblazing
I know that I am not the only educator who turns to metaphor when I talk about our work. There is something about the process of education, and the powerful feelings it engenders, that leads me and many colleagues to look for comparisons and themes from other contexts. We talk Continue reading Of Poetry and Adolescence
I can’t pinpoint when exactly I became a “community service person.” It was more of a gradual process rather than a specific transitional moment in time. I do know that volunteering has provided room for me to grow personally and professionally over the course of my life. When I was Continue reading More than a nice thing to do
I just completed my 15th year of employment at Dana Hall School. This landmark means that I’ve worked at Dana Hall longer than any other place I’ve ever been employed and I’ve lived in a house on campus for longer than I’ve lived in any house/apartment as an adult. It Continue reading The Rewards of Longevity
