In telling of building sand castles, tree houses, and his own house in Vermont, Assistant Headmaster Peter Caldwell ponders what a sense of place provides.
Remarks for Hoover Sutton's memorial service held at the First Presbyterian Church in New Canaan, Connecticut. Hoover Sutton taught drama and counseled at St. Andrew's from 1980 until 1993. He died in the winter of 2002...
This talk examines what it means to be humiliated and what can be learned in facing humiliation. "It seems that humiliation has the potential to create knowledge, even if the transformation is painful, devastating, frightening."
The confines of a car, or other small space, can lead "not only to fights and tension and cars pulling over in the breakdown lane, but also to conversations, conversations that start friendships or clarify emotions or assert care
and love and even c..
In this talk, Headmaster Tad Roach outlines the criteria for "a community of hope, of goodness" as opposed to one that settles "for lower standards, expectations, diminished codes of conduct." The School is challenged to be a great community.
In this final talk of the School year 2001-2002 held at Old St. Anne's Church, Headmaster Tad Roach reflects on the loss of Ches Baum, Hoover Sutton and Robert Jordan'86...
Headmaster Tad Roach commemorates the events of September 11, 2001. Included are Poems by Galway Kinnell and Rupert Brook, as well as a quotation of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Headmaster Tad Roach discusses empathy and citizenship as manifested in the form of Community Service. "Service is not an expression of selfishness on the part of the volunteer. It is not an expression of condescension, superiority and elitism...
In this talk, English teacher Elizabeth Roach speaks of the powerful connection between memory and place. Originally published in May 2002 issue of The Garth.
In this talk, chemistry teacher and baseball coach Bob Colburn proposes ways for getting along well in this School community, offering many suggestions for maintaining a strong communal environment...
History teacher Dana Byrd provides her interpretation of two N.C. Wyeth images: the infamous mural in the dining hall and Pilgrims, a mural featured in the Metropolitan Life Building.
On Parents Weekend, Chaplain David DeSalvo speaks of Jesus as teacher - "one can tell that when he is talking about the kingdom of God, that teaching is the most extraordinary thing about him." The example set is that in teaching and raising children..
In relaying his coming to love and his passion for opera, Assistant Headmaster Peter Caldwell speaks of the need for time to explore and develop passions of one's own. High school, he suggests, is an ideal time for that discovery.
In this talk, Will reflects on the power of asking questions; about asking difficult questions; and about leading meaningful lives. This talk is a revision of one given ten years earlier, titled Questions # 1.
Nan Mein, Faculty Member, talks of why she knits, closing with 5 points: "Our lives must be knitted together in community to be strong...; Good work takes time; Knitting for someone else carries love and prayer; Working with your hands disciplines t..
Reflections on letting go: "... I have lived here for 22 years, half of my life, and practically had to be fired just to take a sabbatical. Before coming to St. Andrew’s, I lived with my family in the same house for the previous 22 years of my life...
Headmaster Tad Roach speaks on the nature of sexual relationships that occur without love, without rational thought, with pressure. "I am...concerned about the way sexual relationships begin, develop and end in our culture...
Headmaster Tad Roach reflects on the end of the School year 2000-2001: "What elements, what forces have held us back from achieving more, learning more, loving more, aspiring to more?"
Headmaster Tad Roach discusses the significance of historian Professor Joseph Ellis's fabrication of military service: "Professor Ellis wanted the badge of honor of being a war veteran and ironically risked his reputation and identity as a scholar in..
Headmaster Tad Roach gave this talk to the School community after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and relates the School's response to those events...
Headmaster Tad Roach outlines the facts of the September 11 terrorist attacks as is known at the time, and defines topics of national discussion during this conflict "which is as dangerous as it is complex." "So many questions now demand our attenti..
Classics teacher Nathan Costa imparts the importance of patience in pursuing justice while grieving the recent terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
"This school, and primarily the students through my 22 years here, take birthdays seriously..." Contained in this talk is the story of how the school community celebrated Tad Roach's 23rd birthday.
In discussing privilege in American and boarding school life, Headmaster Tad Roach asserts: "We can easily develop the habit of seeing the world and its inhabitants only to feed our own personal desires"; and that "we are lucky to live amidst such be..
Headmaster Tad Roach discusses Richard Wright's novel "Black Boy." "Wright’s story teaches us a lot about courage, resilience and determination. We need to live lives that are real and authentic...