Monthly Archives: December 2015

ADVISORY AGENDA 12/16

“It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”— Paul “Bear” Bryant House Standings 500 423 632 726 Happy Birthday: Anne Earnshaw Core Values: Public Proclamations: All posters, paper, holiday … Continue reading

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ADVISORY AGENDA 12/15

“We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit.” — Aristotle   House Standings 478 330 608 708 Happy Birthday: Griffin Wickwire Core Values: Sarah Minor showed KINDNESS when she held the door for … Continue reading

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ADVISORY AGENDA 12/14

“When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I’ll like it or not. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends. From that point on, … Continue reading

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ADVISORY AGENDA 12/11

“You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”— Mark Twain   https://vimeo.com/148505905 House Standings 330 214 175 166 Happy Birthday: Jena Metwalli Core Values: Sarah Dockery showed KINDNESS to her fellow classmates by sending her … Continue reading

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ADVISORY AGENDA 12/10

“If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.”— Robert Fritz House Standings 330 214 175 166 Happy Birthday: William Mock … Continue reading

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ADVISORY AGENDA 12/9

“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”— Eleanor Roosevelt House Standings 330 214 175 166 Happy Birthday: Drane Garven, Elena Jacoby, Joel … Continue reading

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ADVISORY AGENDA 12/8

“The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every human being is unique and of value.”— Unknown House Standings 330 214 175 166 Happy Birthday: Core Values: Caroline Livingston showed kindness by coming to find a faculty … Continue reading

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ADVISORY AGENDA 12/7

“Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”— Mark Twain House Standings 330 214 175 166 Happy Birthday: Core Values: Jamie Bumgarner, … Continue reading

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ADVISORY AGENDA 12/4

“To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership.” — Ronald Reagan House Standings 330 214 175 166 Happy Birthday: Dylan Housman Core Values: Davis Nelson showed INTEGRITY when he fixed the Senior Lounge to comply … Continue reading

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ADVISORY AGENDA 12/3

“It is not stress that kills us. It is effective adaptation to stress that allows us to live.”— George Vaillant House Standings 294 206 170 166 Happy Birthday: Core Values: Shout out to all of the student leaders of our … Continue reading

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