Distinguished Alumna Counsels Gratitude
Kimberly Steadman '93, co-director of the successful Brooke Schools in Boston, told the seniors to tell one of their teachers something specific that they are grateful for.
It was part of her discussion of gratitude in general, of the importance of recognizing how lucky we are and of keeping in mind that not every child can go to a school like USN. (Read a pdf of her prepared remarks.)
The Brooke Charter School Network is "a free, open-enrollment K-8 public charter school network in Boston dedicated to getting under-served students to and through college. We know that all students can achieve at the highest levels...if they have great teachers." Kimberly made it clear that having good teachers is the key to her schools' success.
Vince Durnan said when he introduced her, "In this year of appreciating in greater depth than ever the educational pioneers who established the Demonstration School and nurtured its growth, we have here in our midst the next century successor to their efforts. To bring a K-12 educator home as our 2015 Distinguished Alum is to bring us full circle and to invite all the right questions here about what comes next for USN."
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The Brooke Charter School Network is "a free, open-enrollment K-8 public charter school network in Boston dedicated to getting under-served students to and through college. We know that all students can achieve at the highest levels...if they have great teachers." Kimberly made it clear that having good teachers is the key to her schools' success.
Vince Durnan said when he introduced her, "In this year of appreciating in greater depth than ever the educational pioneers who established the Demonstration School and nurtured its growth, we have here in our midst the next century successor to their efforts. To bring a K-12 educator home as our 2015 Distinguished Alum is to bring us full circle and to invite all the right questions here about what comes next for USN."
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Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-321-8000
Fax: 615-321-0889
Email: info@usn.org
River Campus
1200 County Hospital Road
Nashville, TN 37218
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University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.