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In 1977 NASA sent out the Voyager unmanned spacecraft. Forty years later, it reached the edge of the solar system...
Weekly Reflections
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For my birthday I bought myself an unusual gift. It is a calendar inspired by the Stoic philosophy of Memento Mori...
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A decade ago, the Chilean author Isabel Allende gave a speech at our Upper School commencement...
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Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued...
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As flowers begin to bloom around us, a delightful phrase...
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The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970. I was talking about it with Amy Skewes-Cox, who was a student...
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This week is the beginning of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting and spiritual reflection...
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Our 7th grade has been studying the life of Buddha. There is something about this story that really resonates with them. Siddhartha Buddha was born a prince...
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One of the most enduring messages of hope can be found in the pages of Anne Frank’s diary. Despite all the destruction and suffering that she witnessed, she never gave up her faith in the human heart...