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What We Believe
Helen Taylor Bush, who believed that children should be trusted and that school should spark a child's natural passion for learning and accomplishment, founded The Bush School in 1924... >> Read More
Upper School News
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Graduation Speeches: Colin Walker '08
Posted: July 1, 2008
"Though the stress of school, homework, and teenage life is present, Dana Perkins helps to make our ideas into a stronger reality, helping us believe in our stubborn minds. A dialogue begins; you give an idea and she pushes back. She gives an idea and expects you to do the same. No idea is too great or too small; everything is significant, but nothing is eternal." >> Read More -
Graduation Speech: Dana Perkins, English Teacher
Posted: July 1, 2008
You have been asked by your teachers to open your mind to new ideas, to be inquisitive, to challenge facts, to look at, listen to, and dialogue with each other in discussions. It is easy to practice these skills in an environment like this because we know each other well and trust that our actions are motivated by respect and a desire to learn. The real test for you, however, lies ahead. >> Read More -
Graduation Speech: Page Atcheson '08
Posted: July 1, 2008
Learning through experiences like these, our class has not lost the enthusiasm or curiosity that has been with us throughout the K-12 experience. This shows through in the spirit of the school every day, in the moments that are so easy to get lost in as they go by. >> Read More -
Graduation Speech: Jordi Viladas '08
Posted: July 1, 2008
Graduation is a rare opportunity in which we celebrate the completion of a significant part of our lives and the beginning of a transitory period in which we will begin to take responsibility for or own futures. >> Read More -
Graduation Speech: Thomas Knook '08
Posted: July 1, 2008
As a class we wanted to give something back to a school which has done so much for us. We wanted to see an extension of the style of Bush to another classroom setting, but also employ a setting which, in a formal sense, is under-utilized: the outdoors. >> Read More
