Living Lovett

S4E2 Did you know The Lovett School has a team of professionals whose sole mission is to support the teachers of our school? The Lovett Teaching and Learning Team—affectionately known as TLT—is comprised of four professionals: PJ Miller, Director of Teaching and Learning in grades K - 2; Ashley Treiger, Director of Teaching and Learning in grades 3 - 5; Ashley Guianillo, Assistant Head of the Middle School for Teaching and Learning; and Amanda Lucas, Assistant Head of the Upper School for Teaching and Learning.

Jessica Sant (host and Lovett's Chief Engagement Officer) speaks with each member of the TLT, and discusses how to identify what Lovett does especially well and where there are opportunities to do things even better. On this episode, you'll learn how TLT is collaborating with teachers to develop engaging lessons and create meaningful experiences for students, cultivating joyful learning, promoting a positive and engaging environment for students and teachers, alike.

Find Living Lovett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Visit The Lovett School website Lovett.org for more information. Lovett is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Questions? Comments? Episode suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S4E1 Children's authors and teachers have a lot in common. They both possess the unique ability to ignite a young mind's curiosity and imagination. How about a teacher who is a children's book author? Meet Kelly Young-Silverman, a Lovett kindergarten co-teacher and author with a new Georgia-themed book coming in Spring of 2024.

Jessica Sant (host and Lovett's Chief Engagement Officer) speaks with Kelly about the importance of reading and how to encourage a love of learning in young people, as well as the process of writing. Kelly's new book, Hot Boiled Peanuts: A Georgia Food Tour is due out Spring 2024, from Pelican Publishing. To learn more about Kelly's other books and projects, visit her website here.

Find Living Lovett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Visit The Lovett School website Lovett.org for more information. Lovett is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Questions? Comments? Episode suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S3E7 The College Admission Summit—Lovett's annual event where our college counseling team strategically invites admission deans and directors from a wide range of universities to visit with students, parents, faculty, and trustees. This unique gathering is one of the many initiatives Lovett's college counseling team offers each year. On the season finale of Living Lovett, you'll learn more about how Lovett is preparing students and families for the journey to higher education.

Jessica Sant (host and Lovett's Chief Engagement Officer) speaks with a group of six college admission deans who share their insights about the current landscape of college admissions and what working with Lovett looks like from their perspective.

Visit the Lovett College Counseling page on the Lovett website here: https://www.lovett.org/academics/college-counseling

Special thanks to Eric Ahlstrand, Melissa Cline, Nate Crozier, Jeff Gallant, Calvin Wise, and Mary Tipton Woolley.

Find Living Lovett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Visit The Lovett School website Lovett.org for more information. Lovett is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Questions? Comments? Episode suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S3E6 For the past ten months, a trio of students—Anna Mefford, Copeland Stukes and Kennedy Crane—along with a combination of teachers, administrators, parents, and a trustee have been exploring the question, "How might we broaden the definition of success at Lovett?"

On this episode of Living Lovett, you'll get to hear from these students as they speak with Jessica Sant, Chief Engagement Officer at The Lovett School. You'll also learn how this group was formed through Lovett's work with an organization called Challenge Success, how we have approached our efforts, and the tools we've used through Challenge Success—most notably its surveys.

Find Living Lovett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Visit The Lovett School website Lovett.org for more information. Lovett is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Questions? Comments? Episode suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S3E5 Purpose. No matter the Lovett alum, it's almost always the first of our values that comes to mind when meeting a Lovett graduate. It's impossible to miss how connected they are to why they do what they do. Regardless of the life path they've chosen, Lovett alumni live fully into our community's vision of leading lives guided by deep and clear collective purpose.

On this episode of Living Lovett, Drew Stockton (Lovett Class of '10) speaks with Chief Engagement Officer (and host of Living Lovett) Jessica Sant. Drew is an entrepreneur; a cancer survivor; a health advocate; and a meditation and yoga coach, too. How did his time at Lovett create a foundation for this kind of life? Drew and Jessica discuss all this and more on this episode.

Learn more about Drew and his MÁS Health work here: https://www.bemashealth.com/

Find Living Lovett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Visit The Lovett School website Lovett.org for more information. Lovett is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Questions? Comments? Episode suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S3E4 Adam Nelson has quite the list of bona fides: he's a Lovett grad; he was a Lovett athlete; he was a professional athlete; and he's an Olympic gold medalist. Add to that: he's now a Lovett dad and Lovett's Athletic Director.

Athletics has a lot to do with the whole child promise, and educational based sports offer different opportunities than club sports. Mr. Nelson and Living Lovett host Jessica Sant (Chief Engagement Officer at The Lovett School) discuss how sports positively impact resiliency and help students learn more about themselves as they do their best on the court, track, or field.

Find Living Lovett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Visit The Lovett School website Lovett.org for more information. Lovett is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Questions? Comments? Episode suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S3E3 Culture is sometimes hard to define: it's all around us yet, if we aren't careful, it's easy to take the culture of a place for granted. When we're mindful of culture, it has the potential to connect us to the best of what Lovett strives to be.

Dr. Tommy Welch, Lovett's Chief of Culture and Community joins Chief Engagement Officer, Jessica Sant on Living Lovett. Listen in as Dr. Welch shares his insights on building inclusive school cultures, the challenges and opportunities of diversity, and how we can support students from all backgrounds.

In a Living Lovett first, Dr. Welch offers his contact info:

Call Dr. Welch: (470) 830-5157

Email Dr. Welch: [email protected]

Find Living Lovett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Visit The Lovett School website Lovett.org for more information. Lovett is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Questions? Comments? Episode suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S3E2 If you are searching for a spot on campus that reflects the best of our community, you need not look any further than the Lovett Cafe. Before you even cross through its doorway, you'll be certain something good is (literally and figuratively) cooking inside.

Living Lovett host Jessica Sant is the Chief Engagement Officer at The Lovett School and number one Cafe super-fan. On today's episode, you'll meet Cat Chartier, The Lovett Cafe's head chef, and also Michael Brown and Chris Lewis, two of our cafe associates.

Lovett values extend beyond our classrooms. While the Cafe is obviously a place for a great meal, a strong cup of coffee, or a sweet treat, it's also a central hub for community cultivation – where learning is frequent, kindness is modeled, and genuine fun is had by all.

Find Living Lovett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Visit The Lovett School website Lovett.org for more information. Lovett is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Questions? Comments? Episode suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant. Want to know more about Warm Cookie Wednesday at the Cafe? Also email Jessica.

S3E1 The Head of School is not just any administrator. They're the driving force behind the success of an independent school community responsible for leading the vision strategy and day-to-day operations of the school. Like many things Lovett, our Head of School is uniquely challenged to steward and guide our whole child promise.

On our first episode of Season 3, you'll meet Meredyth Cole, Lovett's Head of School since 2018. Listen to the conversation between Meredyth and Living Lovett host Jessica Sant to gain insights about how Lovett fosters healthy school/family partnerships; where Lovett fits in the broader community; and where Lovett is headed in the future.

We are sure you will hear the passion and dedication of Meredyth to Lovett and the whole child education throughout this episode.

Find Living Lovett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Visit The Lovett School website Lovett.org for more information. Lovett is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Questions? Comments? Episode suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S2E9 Just over a decade ago, the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation created an endowed award to attract, retain, and develop teachers at The Lovett School, and in 2021 the recognition was modified to recognize some of Lovett's most expert faculty. The faculty named will hold the chair for as long as they remain at our school.

Throughout season two of Living Lovett, you've heard from Ben Posten, Amy Story, and David Eccles—three of Lovett's Rollins Chairs for Excellence in Teaching. On this season finale, it's fitting to speak with the four remaining Chairs—Ashley Sharpton, a Lower School 3rd grade teacher; Eric Schoonard, an 8th grade math teacher; Angela Mitchell, Upper School Spanish teacher; and Kevin Randolph, social science and history teacher.

You'll be delighted by the passion each educator has for their profession—and more importantly, the students they teach. Living Lovett host and Lovett Chief Engagement Officer Jessica Sant speaks with each teacher about their journey to Lovett and gets their insights about what the current teaching climate is like, and what that means for students and families alike.

Find Living Lovett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Visit The Lovett School website Lovett.org for more information. Lovett is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Questions? Comments? Episode suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.