school year Archives - Turning Point School

First Day of School 2024: Creating Connections

August 27, 2024 | Dr. Laura Konigsberg

This year our essential question is: How can we build strong bridges? Creating connections is essential to learning: connections between students and teachers, among students, between students and ideas, and between parents and the school. As interconnected and interdependent beings, we need the gifts and contributions of all to build a strong community defined by integrity, fellowship, and creativity. We know that creativity comes not from a bolt of inspiration from out of the blue but from the heady alchemy of uniting disparate ideas that no one previously thought to connect to generate something that wasn’t there before.

How Can We Build Strong Bridges?

August 12, 2024 | Dr. Laura Konigsberg

Over the summer, I learned a bit about the engineering challenges of building good, durable bridges. With gravity pulling bridges down and compromising their integrity, a well-designed bridge must balance inward compression with outward tension. Certainly, these principles apply to our own efforts at Turning Point to build a resilient community. As we build metaphorical bridges across differences, we also need to create balance, share the load of telling our own stories and listening to others’ stories, and remain flexible in our outlook and mindset about our opinions.

Summer Reading + Year-End Reflections

June 5, 2024 | Dr. Laura Konigsberg

Children teach us that being in the moment can be liberating and joyful. I encourage you to make time for the unexpected adventures that can show up unbidden and enjoy the simple bounty of summer produce, the feeling of sand between your toes, air-conditioned afternoon matinees, outdoor concerts, summer camps, and crafty pursuits. We all know that whatever currently exists will inevitably change, and I hope you can be present through this cycle of transition while letting go to make space for what's to come.