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As a boy, I would take a volume of the encyclopaedia to bed and read it after my parents thought they had turned out my light –just so much fascinating information inside. What is an encyclopaedia, some of our students … Continue reading →

Visitors to my office often comment on the art hanging on its walls, their eyes widening when they learn that it is student art. A number of years ago I started a bit of a campaign to hang student art … Continue reading →

Fortunately I am an early riser anyway, so when the forecast suggests snow it is no inconvenience at all to look outside and check the conditions. There’s not much chance I will forget to check; usually the day before students … Continue reading →

Last Saturday was my birthday, as students in Senior Chapel will remember, to my embarrassment. My brother called me from Toronto to wish me well.  I told him he had caught me just in time, before my son, Graham (SMUS … Continue reading →

We talk about passion and compassion in the same breath at our school. When I try to make my point a bit more graphic for students in the Junior School, when I talk about the Mission, I refer to passion … Continue reading →