May 2025

Summer break: Ask questions you don’t know the answers to…and bring them to school

Daniel Gibson
May 22, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Read a book because you want to, not because you have to; be intentional about being with your friends; waste some time on something beautiful—and my final recommendation for summer is to ask some questions you don’t know the answers...

Summer break: “Waste” some time on something beautiful

Daniel Gibson
May 21, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

I have another suggestion for your summer: “Waste” some time appreciating something beautiful. Go to an art museum, marvel at the paintings; attend the symphony, be taken up with the music; take a long hike, be absorbed by nature; sit...

Summer break: Be with your friends

Daniel Gibson
May 20, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

My second suggestion for the summer is to spend time with your friends. Now, you may be thinking, “Well, duh, Mr. Gibson – of course that’s what we’ll do over the summer.” But I mean: Be intentional about it. George...

Summer break: Read a book because you want to, not because you have to

Daniel Gibson
May 19, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Well, it has arrived—the last week of school. And while our focus is still on finishing well, I thought I’d take the opportunity these last four days to recommend a few things you might consider doing this summer. My first...

On finishing and failure

Daniel Gibson
May 16, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

In one of the best-known passages in the Bible, Paul writes to his protÃ©gÃ©, Timothy, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Now, it is easy to think of Paul writing this...

“The snail reached the ark”

Daniel Gibson
May 15, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Do you ever feel like everyone else is making more progress than you? They find it easier to get things done, to reach the finish? Have you ever thought that Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare is a...

“Looking back can sometimes help you on”

Daniel Gibson
May 13, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Yesterday we considered the art of finishing well and compared it to running all the way through the tape in a race. But the truth is, neither life nor school is a race—the goal is not simply to arrive at...

The art of ending well

Daniel Gibson
May 12, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Ten years ago, at the Peachtree 10k Road Race in Atlanta, Ben Payne was approaching the finish line in first place. The Peachtree is the biggest ten kilometer race in the world, with over 50,000 runners participating each year on...

Unsung Heroes: The people standing next to you

Daniel Gibson
May 9, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

This week we’ve considered some of the unsung heroes of American history—the lesser-known, the unknown, and even the seemingly unheroic. But I imagine that at times all these characters seem quite removed from your own life. You probably don’t go...

Unsung Heroes: The unknown soldier

Daniel Gibson
May 8, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Henry Knox, Joseph Warren, William Eaton…they’re all lesser known heroes of American history. But at least we know their names and their stories. In Arlington National Cemetery, three American soldiers are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: one...

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