St. Clement’s School holds ‘community’ as one of its values because we care deeply about who we are when we come together. Maintaining our small, close-knit community means working hard to build strong,
Valuing and Learning From Community
Category: Our Principal’s Notes
Living Life as One’s Self
Three things that happened this week have surprisingly converged to inform this blog post. Despite being very different, they provide a message about the importance of living life authentically, not conforming to it.
The Power of Community
St. Clement’s School believes strongly in the notion of community, so much so that it is one of our articulated values. We believe that we draw strength and support from openness,
Education and the Nurturing of Citizenship
At the end of the week, Louise Melville, our Coordinator of Experiential Learning and Round Square, and I joined colleagues from Round Square schools from North and South America.
Mentoring Not Monitoring
On Thursday of this past week, St. Clement’s welcomed Chris Vollum to speak with students from Grades 4-9 and parents about digital intelligence and, in particular, social media.
Gratitude: Learning Through New Structures
Starting a new year often fosters time for reflection. Whether setting goals or making resolutions for the year ahead, reflecting on that for which we are grateful, and the reasons for that gratitude are,
Christmas Carol Service Message
Good afternoon and welcome to our St. Clement’s School Carol Service.
As I say every year, this event is a time-honoured tradition, and is an opportunity for our community to gather to celebrate so many things.
Competent Courage for Change
In “Cultivating Everyday Courage” in the Harvard Business Review, James Detert suggests that ‘competently courageous’ people- who most often successfully effect positive change in organizations- are those who ”create the right conditions for action by establishing a strong internal reputation and by improving their fallback options in case things go poorly;
Challenging False Limits
I was struck by a blog post I read on Saturday morning about recognizing some limits and ensuring the appropriate ones are pushed for growth. Author and businessman Seth Godin’s blog post entitled False Limits,
Learning for the Future
On Friday afternoon, several of us headed to Western University for an Alumnae Reunion where we hosted a gathering for seventeen grads of St. Clement’s from 2015 to 2018. I relish these times,