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...

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...

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...

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...