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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Welcome to a new year!

It is my sincerest pleasure to welcome all our families at MAK to another year in our wonderful, vibrant learning community. As a teacher at MAK for the past five years and as an MAK parent for the last two, I can state with conviction that Morrison is a place where teachers and administrators care…

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