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St. Andrew's School math teacher Deriba Olana delivered the 2020 Convocation to kick off the new school year. As this took place in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, this convocation was held virtually via Zoom...

Religious Studies chair Terence Gilheany was the 2019 convocation speaker...

Classics teacher Giselle Furlonge '03 was the convocation speaker for the 2018-2019 school year. She tells us about her deep appreciation for Ralph Ellison's book "Invisible Man." Giselle has read this book every summer for the past 15 years...

Associate Head of School and long-time English teacher Will Speers, delivered the 2017 convocation address in Engelhard Hall. Will discussed what it means to be confused and ultimately what you can learn once you've passed that stage...

Theatre director and Arts department co-chair Ann Taylor '86 opens up the school year with her convocation, "Focus on the Other." She teaches us how to "be comfortable." She along with dance teacher Avi Gold, go through an exercise that is taught in ..

Ana Ramirez was the convocation speaker to start off the school year in 2014. She spoke of her literary hero and Nobel Prize winning author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (who had recently died in April 2014) and his thoughts on the privilege of education...

Visual arts teacher John McGiff opens up the school year with his convocation talk titled "Framing Possibilities." He starts out by talking about his boyhood dream of being able to fly. His theme is carried throughout his talk...

The school year was opened by a convocation address from English department chair, Elizabeth Roach...

Classics department chair and Academic Dean, Nathan Costa delivered the 2011 Convocation address. Nathan covers the various definitions of memory within his talk...

The 2010 St. Andrew's Convocation address was given by Modern Language Chair and sixteen-year French teacher, Diahann Johnson...

This convocation address was given by Jennifer O'Neill at the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year. Jenn was a teacher of photography at St. Andrew's from 2005-2011.

Long time science and math teacher Eric Kemer starts his convocation address by saying the beginning of every school year is transformational. Eric tells us of his growing up and loving the process of learning...

To start off the new school year, history teacher Emily Pressman talks about stretching yourself and being okay with being outside your comfort zone...

Convocation speaker and longtime science teacher Peter McLean speaks about topics very near and dear to him; his family, the love for the Shenandoah Valley, his concerns for the environment and helping everyone to become aware of what's happening to ..

Long time history and English teacher and Academic Dean, John Austin delivered the first ever St. Andrew's convocation...