This past week marked the beginning of another term and a new year. As I know I have said before, this time of year leads to reflection on the past year and inspires considerations of goals for the future.
Category: Our Principal’s Notes
The Importance of Diversity
The topic of diversity is so complex that I can sometimes find myself vacillating from having a clear understanding of what it means to feeling that there are just so many perspectives and meanings that one definition can be quite elusive.
The Unfathomable
Yesterday, as news broke of the incomprehensible shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Connecticut, it was as if the air was sucked out of so many at our school. Even now I struggle to put words on the page as I continue to feel disbelief and shock.
Whose Future is it Anyway?
Thank goodness for great conversations, as they provide wonderful opportunities for perspective.
Each year I meet with all of our faculty and staff to check on how things are going and to get their perspectives about a number of things.
Curiosity: The Key to Innovation
Two Sundays ago I set out to a local bookstore to pick up some Christmas gifts for my niece and nephew. As is almost always the case when I enter a bookstore,
Lessons Learned: Authentic Conversations with Alumnae from St. Clement’s School for Girls
I am always so thankful as Principal of St. Clement’s School that I am also an alumna of the school. I feel this way because there are many times when I am able to step back 25-30 years and consider how I felt as a student at our special school.
Ideal Environments
On Friday, I received a request from a Grade 12 student who is working on an assignment for her class asking if I would respond to some questions. She is researching the idea of an “ideal”
A Little ‘Under-Functioning’ Goes a Long Way
There has been much written about finding balance and setting priorities in order to feel comfortable with our roles as women in busy work or family environments. Certainly one of the topics that comes up frequently with my friends is our own high expectations and how these can set us up to feel that we are just not able to get a handle on things.
Engaging Environments
On Monday morning of this week I attended a workshop entitled Millennials: The Next Generation of Leadership provided by the Women in Business Network at Rotman. Our Director of Human Resources,
Behind the Scenes
Over the past several weeks, our faculty have been writing midterm reports. While this timing and writing of reports has been done for years, this is the first year with a new database and entry system.