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Tower's Head of School, Tim Delehaunty, recently shared the following communication to our school community. I loved the message so much that I wanted to share it with you, too. We hope that you'll join us next Wednesday, October 25th at 8:30 AM for Coffee and Conversation with Tim Delehaunty, Head of School; Liz Buchan, Head of Lower School; and Ryan Buckley, Head of Upper School. They are eager to meet you!


The Imagination Business
I always enjoy turning the calendar page to the second month of school. Everyone feels invigorated in October! The habits and routines of the classroom are in place. The cooler weather suggests change and new ways of thinking about ourselves. The building, playgrounds, performance spaces, art studios and fields are full of fresh energy. 


I have been struck, in my first days at Tower, by how much of this energy is used for imagining. I saw it on the first day of school when students at Lower School recess ran across the athletic field to the tree line at the back of campus. In that space—created by children using sticks and branches to suggest two or three distinct "rooms" and covered by foliage overhead—imaginations are at work. I watched third and fourth graders create scenes and interact with each other in make-believe roles: teachers, front desk workers, cooks, caregivers. I couldn't follow the story the students were enacting, but that wasn't the point. The students were experimenting in essential ways that aid classroom and personal growth... 

 

 

 
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Liz Buchan, Head of Lower School, recently published her first blog post on Tower School's Blog.  

 

I Am Inspired.
One of my priorities this past summer, as Tower's new Head of Lower School, was to invite Lower School teachers out for coffee. I wanted to get to know our teachers to the fullest extent I could.

First of all, I discovered that Tower teachers love coffee. And was I caffeinated. But much more than that, I was inspired. Our teachers are dedicated, smart, funny, interesting human beings.

Here are a few of the things I learned: At Tower, we are: Marathon runners, musicians in rock bands, yoga practitioners, ekphrastic poets (I had to look that one up), parents of twins, toddlers, teenagers and adults. We are wedding photographers and volunteers at local farmers' markets and soup kitchens. And, we are frequent presenters at professional conferences, including this year's National Association of Independent Schools' conference, attracting thousands of educators. And much, much more.

 
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