Headmaster’s Reflections #4
2019 Headboy, Casper Venter, pictured here during the Adventure Challenge in Zambia The 'Adventure' has only just begun As I put pen to paper to write this penultimate 'blog' as Headmaster of Stanford Lake College, our Adventure Racing teams have just completed a very...
Headmaster’s Reflections #3
The value of an ‘unconscious education’ explicitly delivered A few years ago I attended an excellent training session at St. Peter's Prep School in Johannesburg where the presenter, Dr. Ron Ritchhart, discussed the benefits of John Hattie's visible thinking in...
Headmaster’s Reflections #2
Stanford Lake College students and Headmaster on their Pre-Conference tour. Here outside the famous 'Ben's Chili Bowl' in Washington DC, with the owner Virginia Ali. The importance of character education Having recently returned from the Round Square International...
Headmaster’s Reflections #1
As the hourglass runs down on my tenure as Headmaster of Stanford Lake College I am moved to reflect on the time I have been privileged to have lead our remarkable school. Over the next couple of months I would like to share with you my thoughts on why I feel that the...
Stretching ourselves beyond the ordinary.
The title of this article is taken from one of the seven Stanford Lake College values - 'I have Courage - I stretch myself beyond the ordinary'. This line has never been more relevant than it is today. Like so many other countries throughout the world, the South...