Our Head of School, Tom Trigg, at Carolina Day passed this post along to new faculty just now…

Not Your Father’s School: A Letter to New Teachers: “Lastly, before your orientation begins and the whirlwind of opening weeks sucks all the idealistic notions out of your head for a while, go to your school’s website and re-read the mission statement. If there are sections on values, and history, read those, too.

Because this is a profession of ideals. Somebody started your school because they believed in something worthy, and the school has evolved in certain ways because of those beliefs. Sometimes the beliefs get lost, sometimes they get transmogrified, and occasionally a school has had to stop and then start all over again in a new direction. But believe me, those worthy beliefs are fundamental to the enterprise.”

Great thoughts on a busy Thursday morning before the kids show up next week.

Can’t wait.