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Continue reading →: A Story of Children Becoming: Reflections on the 2025–2026 Lower School YearDear Lower School Families, There are moments in a school year that seem to hold everything at once. A kindergartner and a fifth-grade buddy are leading Community Gathering together. A student takes a deep breath before speaking in front of classmates. A group of children testing, revising, and trying again…
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Continue reading →: Summer Work, Summer Brains, and Why “A Little Bit” MattersEvery year around this time, I can almost feel the collective exhale begin. The lunches are limping to the finish line. The backpacks have become archaeological digs. The pencils are either missing, broken, or somehow sticky. The calendar is full of ceremonies, field days, end-of-year celebrations, and the kind of…
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Continue reading →: Let the Game BeginI truly have the best view on campus. When I sit at my desk, I look out over the Sedgely lawn. During recess, that means I get front-row seats to daily soccer and football games. There are dramatic goals, questionable penalties, passionate debates about fairness, and at least one moment…
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Continue reading →: Before They Move On, They Belong Here“Everyone else has one.” “Everyone else gets to go.” “Everyone else is allowed.” “Everyone else…” insert literally anything here. It is a sentence every parent hears at some point, and usually at a moment when we are least emotionally prepared to respond with our very best parenting. Like in the…
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Continue reading →: Real Rigor: Bigger Thinking, Not Bigger BackpacksI have been carrying around two comments lately, both as a parent and as an educator. The first came from my oldest daughter, who recently said, “Mom, I don’t want more work. I want harder content.” Well, okay then. Apparently, I am raising a tiny curriculum consultant. The second came…
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Continue reading →: The Best Reading Choice I Didn’t MakeI am currently reading three different chapter books with three different groups of children. I am reading The Naturals series with my oldest daughter, and we are still trying to convince her brother to join us. I am reading The Storm Keeper’s Island with a group of fourth graders and…
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Continue reading →: After the Conference: How to Talk to Your Child with Honesty and HeartThere is something about parent-teacher conference season that can make even the calmest parents feel a little on edge. Even when a conference goes well, it can be surprisingly hard to know what to say to your child afterward. We want to be honest, supportive, and helpful. We do not…
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Continue reading →: More than a VillageI promise I really did make my children spend time outside over spring break, just as I encouraged in my last blog. But I will also admit that I enjoyed a little quiet by binge-watching Virgin River. In one episode, a character said, “It takes a village to raise a…
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Continue reading →: Mud, Freedom, and a Little Less HoveringI saw a funny post the other night about the twelve seasons of the Philadelphia area. According to the internet, we are currently somewhere between the Spring of Deception and Third Winter. That felt about right. We sure did have a lovely three days of fake spring, though, and I…
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Continue reading →: The Playdates Are Still Happening. We’re Just Not Hearing Them.It is no secret that I have three probably over-scheduled kids. I often think about how, when I was younger, after-school playdates felt completely normal. Now the thought of squeezing one in on a weekday feels almost laughable. How did we ever have time for that?What feels even crazier is…
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