Primary Thoughts
Head of School Blog
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Simple Greetings Can Create Complex Benefits
When I was preparing for our recent parent book group centered on When You Wonder, You’re Learning, I rediscovered this passage: ”In 2018 a group of researchers studied the effects of […]
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What Patience Can Bring at This Time of Year
What Patience Can Bring at This Time of Year Neil Mufson, Head of School Each year at about this time, I re-read and re-savor my favorite winter holiday story, Truman […]
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Supporting the Development of Healthy Friendships
Neil Mufson Even though Primary Day’s children are only between the ages of 4 and 8, my eye was drawn this summer to a Washington Post article entitled, “Adults […]
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Honesty as a Cornerstone
Honesty as a Cornerstone Neil Mufson Why is honesty, the PDS value for October, one of the initial concepts we focus on during our year-long focus on character? Because, along […]
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Partnering with RR & A for Psychological Services
Primary Thoughts Neil Mufson, Head of School This school year we are engaging in a pilot initiative to bring the services of consulting psychologists to Primary Day. In the past […]
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Small Acts = Big Impact
Primary Thoughts Neil Mufson, Head of School It was a crisp New England fall morning. As I was walking down to my classroom in the Henry C. Sanborn School as a […]
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An “Ice Age of the Heart”?
Primary Thoughts Neil Mufson, Head of School An “Ice Age of the Heart”? Last week I mentioned that this summer the faculty read the book The Power of Kindness by […]
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In My Beginning is Not Necessarily My End
In My Beginning is Not Necessarily My End Neil Mufson, Head of School Ever since discovering T.S. Eliot’s The Four Quartets while a comparative literature major in college, I have […]
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Raising Readers
Raising Readers Neil Mufson, Head of School In recently going through an old box of school materials, I came across a tongue-in-cheek “field note” in an old copy of The […]
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Enhancing Two of the Central Pillars of Primary Day: Teaching & Learning
Enhancing Two of the Central Pillars of Primary Day: Teaching & Learning Neil Mufson, Head of School As I have become familiar with Primary Day this year, gotten to […]