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This talk focuses on the United States entry into the Iraqi War and the creative spirit in the face of wartime crisis...

In this talk, Will talks of three inspirational teachers and what they have taught him -- his fourth grade teacher, Sara S. Westcott; 9th grade history teacher Mr. Burns; and St. Andrew's teacher, Nan Mein.

Headmaster Tad Roach discusses student responsibility for academic and intellectual engagement. "We all have a responsibility for respecting, protecting, developing and transforming the intellectual culture of St...

Headmaster Tad Roach gave this talk 2 days after the invasion of Iraq by American forces in 2003. It explores reaction to and reasons behind the pre-emptive war...

Headmaster Tad Roach gave this talk 2 weeks after the invasion of Iraq by American forces in March 2003. The talk explores the situation in Iraq as reported to the American people by the George W. Bush Administration and by the media...

Headmaster Tad Roach commemorates the events of September 11, 2001. This Chapel Talk discusses American involvement and response to the War on Terror, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...

In this relating of O. Henry's tale, "The Gift of the Magi", Penny Bartsch, Research and Development Coordinator, discusses what a gift of the heart is and from where it comes.

Through telling of his father's life of seasonal enjoyment in Vermont, Assistant Headmaster Peter Caldwell suggests that developing a relationship with nature, and specifically a relationship with the School's 2300 acre campus, is beneficial to mind,..

In recounting the difficulties he and his wife faced during Shara's pregnancy with triplets, Al Wood, the School's Athletic Trainer, talks of his transformation during that pregnancy - of praying for one thing, and of his gratification that certain..

Spanish teacher Ana Ramirez speaks of the identity transitions - as "immigrant", as "foreign student", as "Latina" - she has gone through since coming to the U.S. from Costa Rica...

Through an examination of Walt Whitman's poem, The Learn'd Astronomer, physics teacher John Burk discusses the deeper and expanding understanding that comes of asking questions...

Headmaster Tad Roach honors the incomparable Nan Mein, who officially retired at the end of the 2003 school year.

In this Earth Day talk, Biology teacher Peter McLean asks us to consider, appreciate, cherish, and take care of water, as life - and joy - themselves are not possible without it.

This chapel talk reflects on the Christmases as the Speers celebrated it with those who joined in the annual celebration and rituals.

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..

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 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.

"The..

Headmaster Tad Roach speaks of a discussion held with Emory College President Bill Chace, in which Mr...

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...

"St. Andrew's was born to follow a different, more difficult path than its prestigious cousins...

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.

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.

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...

Talk given after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks. "We can’t run away from fear or the events of this world...

Classics teacher Nathan Costa imparts the importance of patience in pursuing justice while grieving the recent terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.