Daniel Gibson

Busch Gardens: Everything has a history…even roller coasters

Daniel Gibson
May 2, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

So, I’ve told you about our family’s Spring Break visits to Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Monticello, and all of the fascinating history we learned at each. But we did make one additional visit that probably won’t make the register of historic...

The founding of America: Good is hard

Daniel Gibson
April 28, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Welcome back. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and spring break. Whether you traveled or stayed home, it is good to be back with you all. Our family spent the better part of last week down in the Commonwealth...

“The corner has been turned”

Daniel Gibson
April 17, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Holy Thursday, or Maundy Thursday, is in Christian tradition the day of Holy Week on which Jesus’ Last Supper with the disciples is remembered. It immediately precedes Good Friday, which marks his crucifixion and death; followed by Holy Saturday, and...

Holy Tuesday: “Have faith in God”

Daniel Gibson
April 15, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Today Christians around the world celebrate Holy Tuesday in the lead up to Easter. It is often also referred to as Fig Tuesday, referring to the gospel accounts of when Jesus cursed the fig tree. Mark’s narrative reads: 12 On the...

“Let your memory be your travel bag”

Daniel Gibson
April 7, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

The great physicist, Albert Einstein, is credited with having said: “Never memorize something that you can look up.” Today, with all manner of information at our fingertips, it is unclear whether there is anything worth memorizing at all—everything, it seems,...

Cicero’s grain merchant

Daniel Gibson
April 3, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Today’s thought experiment comes from Marcus Tullius Cicero, who considers in his book On Duties, circumstances “when utility seems to conflict with honorableness.” From our very own Dr. Newton’s translation, Cicero writes: “[I]f a good man sets out from Alexandria to...

On patriotism

Daniel Gibson
March 27, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Benjamin Franklin is often credited with saying, “Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” Whether he said it or not, at first listen it would seem to be quite the patriotic sentiment of a great American. But is it? The...

The virtue of boring

Daniel Gibson
March 21, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Well, apparently, today is no ordinary day. March 21, 2025, it turns out, is National Crunchy Taco Day, World Vermouth Day, World Puppetry Day, International Color Day, Slytherin Pride Day, Red Nose Day, Credit Card Reduction Day, and National Healthy...

Gratitude for Winter

Daniel Gibson
March 19, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Today is the last day of Winter. For many, this is welcome news. In fact, for some, Winter itself is the cause of what mental health professionals now call Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. The disorder was first formally set...

The pluck of the Irish

Daniel Gibson
March 18, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Some of you may have celebrated St. Patrick’s Day yesterday. Often, the holiday is marked by dyeing everything green and pinching anyone not wearing it, looking for four leaf clovers, and stories of leprechauns, rainbows and pots of gold. There...

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