On Friday morning at 10:30 a.m., Head of School Mike Simpson, Board President Sarah Hurley, and Dean of Students Alex Funnell will walk out of Stone, turn left, and race each other to Tellus360.

The winner? The first one who gets to Tellus360, orders a cup of water, and dumps it on their head.

I learned how to code and generate figures in Mathematical Modeling. I learned how to make these figures clear, meaningful, and beautiful in Structured Curiosity. I learned how to effectively read and interpret maps in Critical Cartography. I learned how to craft a concise and informative scientific poster and write with a scientific voice in Advanced Chemistry. I learned how to present confidently and clearly in Entrepreneurship 1. I learned how to read a large volume of scientific papers in Senior Defense. And I learned that the experience that you gain from intellectual exploration is the most valuable resource that you can possess from Beats.

“In fact, what I feel more than anything is that more is being demanded of my attention than ever, and because it is my attention feels more fragmented and disjointed than it ever has.  This is, of course, an issue facing all schools and facing all students – how we save our students from the relentless economy of distraction, from tools which are designed only to take our students away from themselves – but so too is it an issue facing each of us.  And as our attention becomes more commodifiable, it becomes more urgent that we engage deeply the question of what it is that our attention is for and what it is worth. “