“In the Middle School, a shadow student might start the day off with a creative exercise in Chinese Language, and also take part in that House Competition, before working with other 8th grade students to create data sets that track migration in STEAM 8, then shift toward Algebraic equations in Math 8, then spend an hour outside for lunch (yep: our lunch break is a full hour) and end the day with improv games in Theatre 8.”

“Creation materializes our imagination, while transformation is a continuous process shaped by the interaction with materials. Neither people nor artifacts are ‘final versions’.”

There’s a question inherent to school itself: what are we preparing our students for?  It can’t just be more school. They live in a world flooded with information, alerts, notifications, and constant decision-making and because they do we owe it to them to do more than just tell them to “stay organized” and send them on. We need to give them frameworks that allow them to think critically, define problems well, and navigate complexity with confidence.

“So, how might we imagine our future?  

Pretty much the way we do everything at Stone: creatively and collaboratively, with a lot of intention, with a lot of ideation, with a lot of prototyping, with a lot of iteration.  It is indeed true that we are founded on a rich partnership between students, faculty, parents, and supporters who care deeply about this kind of education, and it is the honor of a lifetime to collaborate with each of you on our school’s future.”