When you spend your days at a school you experience a rhythm of the day.
Some of the earliest universities in Europe were founded by religious orders, monks and nuns who understood that having a holy rhythm of the day was a way to live a Godly life.
Our own rhythm has elements of those early universities ... work, play, study, prayer, rest...
Walking to school today I heard the hustle and bustle of middle schoolers going to hear and see a musical recital of their peers, rushing off to Bannard Chapel, where we hold many of our recitals.
Walking into Turner Hall, Upper Schoolers scattered on the floors and benches doing last minute studying, drinking their coffee, or tea or juice, getting ready for the day by checking in with friends, cramming a bit for a quiz, and hanging up signs that announce a friend's birthday.
As I passed a colleague's room, girls were already working with pen to paper, taking a test or quiz.
Walking down the hallway, boys from St. Christopher's School and girls from St. Catherine's were queuing up to go into a national mathematics exam in the Library Lecture Room.
And then, walking up the stairs, first-year students were gathering together for the 9th grade class meeting led by their student leaders and by their advisors.
Turning the corner, I unlock my office door, and there is a pause, a break in the music, for a moment, before the rhythm begins again.
When you spend your days at a school you experience a rhythm of the day.
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