In this chapel talk, Reverend Louise Howlett speaks to us about human nature and our need for attention and admiration. "God doesn’t want us to be better than others, but to be our best selves...
During the first Sunday service of the 2012-2013 school year, Headmaster Tad Roach provides an alternative view to the school's institution of Sunday services...
In recounting his previous year's sabbatical, Associate Headmaster Will Speers describes two experiences - "pictures" - that held great meaning for him: teaching at a public high school in Boston; and visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
In this talk, retired history teacher Nan Mein relates how she came to leave the Midwest to teach in Liberia. She describes what she encountered in West Africa and what she learned about herself in those years.
Nate Crimmins, a faculty member in the Religious Studies Department, discusses the classical understanding of Epiphany and asks his audience to examine a political interpretation of the visitation of the Wise Men: "When faced with the two contrasting..
Class of '99, Bernadette Devine shares with us who she is, her background, her family, what she loves, what makes her happy and most of all her life at St. Andrew's...
In this talk, Jory Kahan, who is a member of our math department, captures moments over the past five years that showcase success, rejection, and what he believes is the true definition of failure...
Diane Fagan, Administrative Assistant to the Admissions office, explores the meaning and practice of unconditional love through conversations held with her three sons over the years, and through her faith in God...
Headmaster Tad Roach discusses the concept of hope, as embodied by Václav Havel, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and in Bard President Leon Botstein writings in the book, Jefferson's Children. Tad reflects that hope is specifically embraced in the St...
In examining Wendell Berry's observations on how people become responsible for a place, English teacher Will Speers discusses what it means to be attached to, engaged with, identified by a place.
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...
Science teacher Peter McLean, in speaking of hiking, drinking, swimming in the Hazel River, discusses ways in which others have fought for a protected, healthier environment; and explores ways in which each of us also can better observe, better appre..
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...
In relaying her experiences with the deaths of close family members, CFO Diane Winiarczyk conveys the urgency in living a well-balanced, thoughtful, kind and forgiving life.
Convinced that he would never look back after graduating from St. Andrew's, Admissions Associate Tony Alleyne, class of '01, explains how it came to be that he is once again a part of the School community...
In this talk, Headmaster Tad Roach reflects on President Obama's remarks regarding the shooting tragedy in Tucson Arizona where 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green was among those killed. In those remarks, Obama drew on Dr...
The reading for this Sunday Chapel was Matthew 5:13-20.
In this talk, Headmaster Tad Roach says "I have been thinking about the concept of longing" for knowledge, discovery, human rights, equality, justice, as embodied respectively by Carolyn Por..
For the annual Thanksgiving chapel talk, Mr. Brown shares with us his own personal experiences with regard to hard work. Thinking of the Pilgrims and how hard they would have had to work in order to survive...
In this talk, Bill Cashion, a member of the School's Technology Department, speaks of a video that CNN shows of a 16 year old boy, Philip Garber who has a stuttering problem and for this he is treated differently by adults and his peers. Mr...
Tom Fritz speaks to us about the pressures in today society for men to act or behave a certain way and to not show emotions, such as crying, because it is considered weak...
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.
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..