"'Tell me things I won't mind forgetting,'" she said. "'Make it useless stuff or skip it.'" - Amy Hempel

"You can't base your life on other people's expectations." - Stevie Wonder

Onward, Forward!

“The world of mathematics opens up a world that you never imagined when you take advantage of the possibilities it opens to you, whether it be seeing the beauty in things or opening up more lifelong opportunities” -Unknown.

"Maybe it's not always about trying to fix something broken. Maybe it's about starting over and creating something better." -unknown

“A meaningful connection to the past demands, above all, active engagement. It demands imagination and empathy, so that we can fathom worlds unlike our own, contexts far from those we know, ways of thinking and feeling that are alien to us. We must enter past worlds with curiosity and with respect. When we do this, the rewards are considerable.” - Gerda Lerner, Why History Matters

"Choose courage over comfort. Choose whole-hearts over armor. And choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid. At the exact same time." - Brené Brown

"Be confident, not certain." - Eleanor Roosevelt

You are never too much!

“As one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person.” - Paul Shane Spear

Latin is a beautiful, ancient language, and I believe that a Latin program should give students an appreciation for the differences among languages and cultures, improve their English vocabulary and reading skills, establish a core cultural literacy in history and mythology, and impart to them a lifelong fascination with the ancient world and a love of its literature.

“A different language is a different vision of life.” - Federico Fellini

Chemistry is the science of various types of matter and how they react to each other. Physics is the science of how matter and forces interact with each other. That covers basically everything… except music. Music encompasses expression, emotion and soul… I can’t imagine a better place to share knowledge in these subjects than with the people of Griffin School.

“Anyone who cannot give an account to oneself of the past three thousand years remains in darkness, without experience, living from day to day.” -Goethe

“Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world.” - Rumi

"Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored." --Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“Artists and scientists are activists. They look at the world as changeable and they look upon themselves as instruments for change. They understand that the slice of world they occupy is only a fragment but that the fragment is intrinsically connected to the whole. They know that action matters.” Anne Bogart, What's the Story: Essays about art, theater and storytelling

"The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between." – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Life sciences are such an interesting way to explore the world around us. The sense of wonder and discovery of the worlds we occupy can lead to a deeper understanding of ourselves, and where we fit on this beautiful planet. It is my hope that through these discoveries, my students become more aware of the effects they have on the organisms and environments that they interact with on an everyday basis.

"Only when our clever brain and human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential!" Jane Goodall

“It’s all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the power to imagine.” -Haruki Murakami

“Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, mental map, or intuitive theory. Disconnected facts in the mind are like unlinked pages on the Web. They might as well not exist.” Steven Pinker

“You are your ancestors wildest dream.” - Morgan Smith, Apache

I strongly believe that everyone can learn Science or anything if they are inspired to find their own path to success.