A Semester to be Thankful for 一個值得感謝的學期

Congratulations on finishing a brilliant fall semester at MAK! One of the things that I love about working at MAK is that we are always trying something new, raising the bar just a little higher in our goal of being a place where what we know connects with who we are and what we can…

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Looking Back from Spring 2018 回顧今年

One of the favorite recollections from childhood is from a hike my family used to go on several times each year in Hong Kong. The hike began with about an hour of steps, non-stop, through a thick brush and forest. In the summer heat, it was gruelling, especially for an elementary school student! I vividly…

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The Value of Experience 經驗的價值所在

This week MAK has done something unprecedented in Morrison’s history: we have sent our entire secondary school on off-campus learning trips during the same week. While we have had multi-day Impact trips for each of our secondary grades for several years now, an Impact Week is a new kind of experience for our staff and…

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When Learning is Doing

Earlier this year I described the three-pronged approach that MAK has toward education: Know, Be, and Do. In the first semester this space was largely dedicated to Being at MAK; namely kindness, decision-making, and the Three Bs. For the next few entries, I’d like to focus on Doing. Action is a crucial component of learning.…

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Defining Bullying, Inspiring Kindness

“You’re being such a bully!” These are familiar words to any parent, and they are more familiar words to any parent with more than one child. If your kids are like mine, calling a sibling, or anyone else for that matter, a bully is a way to get an immediate response out of an adult. But…

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The Three Bs

This week our elementary school kicked off our first CommUNITY Week, a week focusing on interpersonal decision-making and kindness. I’ll be sharing what our staff and I have been sharing with the students in this blog so that parents and staff can be on the same page at school and at home. In each of…

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Growing In Who We Are

In my last blog entry I discussed our three-pronged approach to education at MAK: Know, Be, Do. Today, I’d like to highlight some areas in which our students are growing and are being challenged to grow in their being — or, perhaps more simply, their character. Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences For a student to be a lifelong…

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Know, Be, Do

In our most recent Class Tea I was speaking with one of our parents while munching on some cookies. He told me about an old Chinese proverb that states, “The newly appointed official starts off with the heat of three torches.” To be frank, I was delighted to hear this confirmation of the three-pronged direction…

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