Category Archives: Upper School Dean’s Core Values

    “If you have an opportunity to make things better and you don’t, then you are wasting your time on Earth.” – Roberto Clemente (Professional baseball player) Fen Cleveland and Riley Selden demonstrated PASSION by leading the voter registration … Continue reading →

    “You are not lucky to be here. The world needs your perspective. They are lucky to have you.”– Antonio Tijerino (President & CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation) Josiah Stewart displayed KINDNESS when he opened and held the … Continue reading →

    “One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You’re the one who’ll decide what you want to be. Respect yourself and respect … Continue reading →

    “You are perfectly cast in your life. I can’t imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play.” -Lin Manuel Miranda (Composer, lyricist, actor, and filmmaker.”   Elliette Zukowski and Ellery Biehler demonstrated KINDNESS and TEAMWORK when they … Continue reading →

    “We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for. —Dolores Huerta (Activist working for the working poor, women, … Continue reading →

    “It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old. They grow old because they stop pursuing dreams—Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Nobel Prize-winning novelist). Phenix Brown and Olivia Neilsen showed RESPECT for our school by helping … Continue reading →

    “The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. —Carlos Santana (Guitarist, pioneer of Latin American Jazz and Rock)    Henry Anthony demonstrated TEAMWORK … Continue reading →

    “Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.” —Cesar Chavez (Labor leader and civil rights activist)   Henry Dryden showed TEAMWORK by working behind the scenes during an all-grade activity. Ryan Schreck … Continue reading →

  “Wherever you are, be all there.”-Ram Dass Jackson Carlock, Ella Kungl, Chase Hensley and Robert Walley displayed TEAMWORK as they picked up all of the trash left over from the student section after Friday night’s game.    9/26: Ainsley … Continue reading →

  “I don’t measure myself by others’ expectations or let others define my worth.” — Sonia Sotomayor   Piper Berini and Shriya Kovvali showed KINDNESS when they helped Hanna Lee troubleshoot the printer!! Kendall Laguerre showed KINDNESS when she helped … Continue reading →