With such a crazy year under our collective belts, it’d be more than reasonable to accept our limping to the finish of 2020. But, as we all know by now, that’s not exactly the Country Day Way™. Instead, we’ve been sprinting through the tape with unique community activities and reimagined ways of crushing what has already been quite the reimagined school year....Read More

Well, this is a weird one. Near the end of February, I began planning a Spring Break Debrief. I was eager to hear about vacations and days off and make fun of Mr. Jividen for watching The Office the whole time. Then we came back. Then March 13th happened, we left all over again, and...Read More

‘Ok, everyone, see you next year!’ What a classic teacher joke. Like most of my jokes, it works every time. Of course, by ‘works’ I mean most of the kids roll their eyes while I chuckle to myself knowing it wasn’t very funny at all. It’s almost funnier that way. Really makes you think about...Read More

If you look around the web as much as I tend to do, you’re seeing quite a few Year in Review pieces. These articles have always been odd things to read an educator, since we’re only nearing the half way point and really just rounding into form. Most of us have measured our years from September to June our whole...Read More

  Today Liz comes to you from sunny Long Beach, California to debrief one heck of a conference from the National Association of Independent Schools. Simon Sinek closed the show with a discussion of finite vs infinite games, really a mindset that takes you from short term competition to perpetual improvement. ‘You can’t win the...Read More

As WCDS rests and rejuvenates during a much needed Spring Break, Liz comes to you from San Diego as she debriefs a trip to High Tech High, the school featured in the documentary, Most Likely to Succeed. She talks about how wonderful it was to be around such a standard-bearing institution, how proud it made us...Read More