Once a month, I teach a leadership class to the Sixth Grade students. Our topics range from how to build leadership characteristics, to managing friendships, to the secondary school process. My aim is to make the classes interactive and engaging, so that students can participate in the success of their learning rather than just be the recipients of knowledge.

I invited a Rohan Woods alumna to speak to our Middle School students regarding transitioning into a new school. Hadley Cooper attended Rohan Woods from Senior Kindergarten through Sixth Grade and is now waiting to graduate from MICDS in May. She also has a sister, Emerson, in Second Grade. Hadley is an expressive speaker who shared the excitement, the challenges and the honest realities she experienced when transitioning into Seventh Grade.

Hadley did a tremendous job of supplying advice to our students about... [ Continue Reading ]