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Chapel Talk, 2011 September 21 / Will Robinson

2011
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In this talk, Communications Director, Will Robinson tells us of the love story that blossomed at St. Andrew's school during his 9th grade year between himself and the then Lindsay Dormer.

Chapel Talk, 2011 May 25: Baccalaureate - Memories / Will Speers

2011
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In discussing two childhood memories, Will Speers reflects on how memories "can bridge distance and absence." How the students here remind us of our uninhibited selves: "You inspire those in our 20’s and those in our 50’s to reconnect to our childh..

Chapel Talk, 2011 November 9 / Lindsay Wright

2011
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French teacher and Girls's Athletic Director Lindsay Wright, shares with us what New Year's Day means to her and her family. Their New Year’s tradition was to watch the Rose Bowl...

Chapel Talk, 2011 September 28 / Kassy Fritz

2011
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In this chapel talk Kassy discusses her summer vacation with her family at Moose Head Ranch in Wyoming. Kassy talks about striking the balance between being a mother, wife, teacher, coach, and advisor to her family as well as that of the St...

Chapel Talk, 2010 May 30: Baccalaureate / Morgan Scoville '00

2010
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Speaking to the Class of '10, Assistant Director of Admissions Morgan Scoville, class of '00, advises the graduates to reflect on what the Chapel Program has given them over the course of their time at the School, and that "[s]pending time in this sp..

Web article, 2010 November 11: "Honoring Our Veterans"

2010
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Wilson Everhart's 20th Century History class led a Wednesday chapel service honoring SAS alums who served or are serving in the military. The evening included a piece co-written by Julio Ramirez and Chaitanya Singhania...

Chapel Talk, 2010 March 24: Philippe Petit / Mark Hammond

2010
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In discussing wire-walker Philippe Petit's feat of walking between the World Trade Center towers, Physics teacher Mark Hammond speaks about what it takes to accomplish an objective: "The story of Petit's wire-walk is one of perseverance and resilienc..

Chapel Talk, 2010 May 12 / Sarah Demers

2010
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In this talk, Sarah Demers, a third year teacher in our English Department, speaks of her love of teaching, of surprises in teaching, of teachable moments, and that learning is never done.

Chapel Talk, 2010 October 3: Proper 22 / Rev. Louise Howlett

2010
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Former St. Andrew's Chaplain Louise Howlett, speaks of the truth about life in the Bible: "The Bible writers don’t try to say that if you just have faith enough nothing bad will ever happen, or that with God watching over us everything makes sense...

Chapel Talk, 2009 January 14 / Tad Roach

2009
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Headmaster Tad Roach speaks about the 10,000 hours that is required to achieve mastery over a subject, whether it is academic, competitive, or in character development.

Chapel Talk, 2009 April 22: Sustaining Life / Alix Ross

2009
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College counselor and English teacher Alix Ross speaks on Earth Day about striving to live a simpler life, a more conscious life, and enjoying a life more connected to nature: "I feel connected to a greater universe, a greater understaning when I im..

Chapel Talk, 2009 May 24: Baccalaureate / Wilson Everhart '95

2009
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In this Commencement Chapel Talk, History teacher Wilson Everhart, class of '95, counsels the Class of 2009 to, "Move on...sort of." Advice to move on to "passionate engagement" in "whatever community awaits" is tempered by advice to retain close bo..

Chapel Talk, 2009 May 17 / Tad Roach

2009
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In the May 2009 issue of The Atlantic, Joshua Wolf Shenk described a Harvard study that followed 268 men for 72 years with the objective to find out why some men flourish while others fade...

Chapel Talk, 2009 November 4 / Peter Caldwell

2009
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In this talk, Assistant Headmaster Peter Caldwell reflects on his years of training to make the Olympic cross-country ski team, and on what that hard-work experience has taught him about community.

Chapel Talk, 2009 September 27 / Bill Cashion

2009
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Bill Cashion, a member of the School's Technology Department, gave this talk before the community embarked for the 2009 AIDS walk in Wilmington. In this talk, he speaks of the unintentional positive impact people's actions can have on others.

Chapel Talk, 2009 November 20: Thanksgiving / Emily Pressman

2009
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In this talk, history teacher Emily Pressman discusses the founding of the traditional American Thanksgiving and discusses the political cartoonist's Thomas Nast and his print "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner" "...[I]t demands of its viewers that w..