This chapel talk was given by Headmaster Tad Roach during reunion weekend 2004. This chapel service was a memorial service for longtime faculty member Dave Washburn '44. Dave had a long, rich history with St...
Headmaster Tad Roach's talk, given on Mothers Day 2004, is a reaction to the revelation of the abuses and torture imposed on the detainees of the Iraq War at Abu Ghraib. Reporters Seymour Hersh, Thomas Friedman, Philip Kennicott are quoted.
In speaking of his childhood and adolescent memories of family and friends in Kendall Park, New Jersey, Spanish teacher Donald Duffy relates his experiences of encountering racism in others and in himself.
Through examining the works of Woody Guthrie, Physics teacher Mark Hammond discusses why the singer-songwriter is his hero "[H]e wrote songs to give hope and support to those whose lives were being turned upside down by hurtful people who supposed t..
Director of Development, Joy McGrath congratulates the graduating class of '04 on not conforming to the world and have shown that they are a group with no use for artifice...
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...
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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,..
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...
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..
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...
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..
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.
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.
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.
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..