Cultivating Culture

The concept of culture is a hot topic in businesses, schools, and churches, and rightfully so. We've managed to take this beautiful word that covers cultivated behavior, accumulated experiences, and a collection of patterns both explicit and implicit and use it to describe, as my students might say... the "vibe" of a group of people. This… Continue reading Cultivating Culture

Lessons Learned from Trying on Glasses

Yesterday, during our second day of school this year, a few of my students came in with the cutest glasses on you've ever seen! Now, some people may love high-end shoes, while others may love name brand shirts, but this little nerd right here? Glasses! What's interesting is that right now, nerdy glasses are trending… Continue reading Lessons Learned from Trying on Glasses

Joy Unspeakable

It's been a big week here at HPA - the start of our second year, and for many students, their very first week at Higher Path Academy. I am so excited about all the new students and families I have met, and I can't wait for our second year to be so awesome that last… Continue reading Joy Unspeakable

Under the Gallatin Sun

Have you ever seen that movie "Under the Tuscan Sun"? It's probably considered old by now, but it is about a recently divorced woman who buys a house in Tuscany on a whim and decides to start her life over, only things don't go quite as she planned (but when do they ever?). Anyway during… Continue reading Under the Gallatin Sun