Living Lovett

S2E8 A core value of The Lovett School, faith is considered a fundamental dimension of our students' growth personally and educationally. There is no other department on campus that is more directly responsible for that effort than our Chaplaincy program.

Lovett's chaplains work to cultivate spiritual formation in our kids by providing students with opportunities for religious learning and development. All three Lovett chaplains-- Steve Allen, Upper School chaplain and Head Chaplain; Jennifer Arnold, Lower School Chaplain; and Wade Reck, Middle School Chaplain speak on this episode of Living Lovett with host Jessica Sant.

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.

S2E7 Reading is a fundamental skill on which so much learning relies– just as Lovett equips students to succeed in a variety of fields and pursuits, resources and helpful staff are dedicated to the success of our student's literacy. Enter the ARC– the Academic Resource Center and Ally Wickman. Ms. Wickman is a Lovett Lower School Reading Specialist and spends her days coaching our K-5 learners to develop strong literacy skills.

Whether your child has a learning difference or not, you will gain from the enthusiastic conversation between Ms. Wickman and Living Lovett host Jessica Sant (Chief Engagement Officer at The Lovett School.)

Learn more about ARC here: Academic Resource Center at Lovett

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.

S2E6 "Art is considered the domain of the heart." This is how Sarah Kaufmann and her colleagues at the Washington Post put it in a 2017 article entitled, This is Your Brain on Art. This idea is likely why the arts at The Lovett School are a dimension of most of our students' journeys. After all, when we think about whole child learning, our values, and our mission, the heart, in partnership with the head, is centered in all that we do.

David Eccles, Dr. Tim Pitchford, and Amy Story join Jessica Sant (Lovett Chief Engagement Officer and host of Living Lovett) to discuss the arts education available to our students and why those opportunities seem to have such an impact. Each of our guests on this episode are practicing artists in addition to being educators—learn how that dynamic shows up in the classroom. This episode is a prescient follow-up to last week's episode where so many of the Class of 2012 noted how important the arts were to their development.

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.

S2E4 Lovett is one school made up of three: the Lower School, the Middle School, and Upper School. On this episode of Living Lovett, host Jessica Sant speaks with the leaders of each school: James Choi, Head of the Lower School; Joseph Moody, Head of the Middle School; and Patrick Boswell, Head of the Upper School. Many parents comment that depending on where a child is at Lovett, the experience might be remarkably different from school to school. While some of this dynamic may be to accommodate the developmental stage of students, the desire is for a culture of One Lovett.

This wide-ranging conversation is sure to give understanding of the challenges and joys that can be found in each level, and what parents can expect as their children progress through Lovett.

The topic of academic rigor arose during the conversation, so host Jessica brings on Chelle Wabrek, Associate Head of School to provide some insight about what rigor means at a place like Lovett.

Read more about the Administrators at The Lovett School 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? What did you think of Season 1 of Living Lovett? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S2E3 The student experience takes center stage at an independent school like Lovett, but that's not the only element that makes the Lovett a thriving community. Our school needs the involvement of parents and families that dedicate their time and talents to helping the activities and events of Lovett come to life. Parent volunteers help Lovett thrive.

Meet Mia Rogers and Ashante Gilstrap (Co-Presidents of Lovett International Alliance); Elizabeth Caldwell and Jordan Holden (Co-Presidents of the Lovett Parent Association.) These four enthusiastic parent volunteers speak with host Jessica Sant about the impact volunteering has on Lovett as well as the enrichment it offers the volunteers.

If you are interested in getting involved as a parent volunteer, on this episode you'll learn the easiest and most direct ways to get started. You'll also hear first-hand testimony about the benefits each of the volunteers receive—in addition to seeing excellent programs and events coming together. You'll even hear some transparent reports about volunteers who are totally new to independent schools—if you are wondering things like: will my family fit in? Will my child always feel welcome at Lovett? Are there genuine conversations about thing that matter here?—you'll get some authentic insights from our conversation.

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? What did you think of Season 1 of Living Lovett? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S2E2 When we hear the words "philanthropy", "fundraising", or even "charity", most of us default to the act of financial giving. And while development offices on independent school campuses certainly prioritize fundraising, there is no question our community deeply honors the sentiment that we are asked to offer something even greater - to make an investment of the heart.

On this episode of Living Lovett you'll meet Matt Gould—new to The Lovett School serving as the new Chief Advancement Officer. You'll learn how Matt's office furthers the goals of the Lovett community. Pay careful attention to how Matt frames his day-to-day efforts, more specifically, how he centers the people on this campus, especially students.

Lovett alum and Director of Annual Giving Maggie Dozier Carr also joins Living Lovett host Jessica Sant to discuss True Blue and what impact the annual fund has on student experience (in addition to the experience of faculty and staff.)

Make a gift to Lovett online here: Lovett.org/give

Learn more about True Blue here: Lovett.org/support/true-blue-annual-fund

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? What did you think of Season 1 of Living Lovett? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S2E1 Experiential learning shows up in opportunities all over Lovett's campus. It is just one strategy our faculty utilize to move our students closer to the practice of skill building and further from mere content acquisition.

One shining example of this effort is in Ben Posten's classroom. Ben has been a Middle School social studies teacher at The Lovett School for the past 40 years. He's taught a variety of courses but in this episode you'll hear about his eighth grade civic leadership class. Fran Turner is Lovett's Director of Civic and Global Engagement. Mrs. Turner spends a great deal of energy not only supporting field work in the civic leadership program but also in curating a variety of service experiences, career engagements, and semester and exchange programs for our students.

How could we hear about these tremendous opportunities for students without speaking to some civic leadership class participants? Lovett ninth graders, Anna Mefford and Will Byrne, speak with Living Lovett host Jessica Sant, discussing the impact of the class.

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? What did you think of Season 1 of Living Lovett? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S2E0 We are on the edge of launching Living Lovett Season 2 , and to get listeners excited for what's coming up, we're turning the tables on Jessica Sant, Chief Engagement Officer at The Lovett School . On this episode Living Lovett host Jessica Sant is interviewed by producer Catherine O'Brien.

What is in store for Season 2? What's the best thing and what's the biggest challenge about being at an independent school? Why a podcast? Has the podcast had any kind of positive impact already? Ms. Sant offers her thoughts on all these matters and more.

"Engagement" is a big word at Lovett, and Jessica shares insight into what that means for the school and for her role. If you want to understand more about how Lovett is connecting and building relationships with all the parents and families of Lovett, this episode is a must. Living Lovett is produced by Catherine O'Brien of Branch Out Programs.

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? What did you think of Season 1 of Living Lovett? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S1E5 Humbling – the work of a parent is just that. No sooner than you think you've got the hang of this gig, your child goes and changes once again. Being a parent in 2022 is simply not for the faint of heart. On this season finale of Living Lovett, host Jessica Sant, Chief Engagement Officer at The Lovett School speaks with two Lovett parents-- Kerry Izard and Alethia Love. Both Alethia and Kerry have children who are Lovett grads, plus they both have recent grads in the Class of 2022.

Why did Alethia and Kerry pick Lovett for their respective children? What sets Lovett apart from other independent schools? What can parents expect from being involved in a community like Lovett? All this and more on the season finale of Living Lovett.

Special thanks: Tim Pitchford and Lovett's Ellington Jazz Ensemble for providing the music for our show. Stewart Key, Class of 2022, designer of the Living Lovett cover art. Justin Abraham, Director of Communications, Mason Rooney, Social Media Manager, and Janie Beck, Chief Marketing Officer. Living Lovett is produced by Catherine O'Brien of Branch Out Programs.

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? What did you think of Season 1 of Living Lovett? We'd love to hear from you! Email host Jessica Sant.

S1E4 Springtime on a high school campus is often filled with excitement and optimism, but there is much to do before the summer officially arrives, particularly for seniors. At The Lovett School, celebrations can't begin for some until senior projects and diploma distinctions are officially submitted. Two Lovett seniors, Caki Staton and Margaret Hare, join Living Lovett host, Jessica Sant, to discuss why they pursued a diploma distinction and what's more, why they focused their efforts on building a "one Lovett" community. Listeners will also hear from six other 12th graders who will introduce what they've been working on - their topics are wide-ranging but equally inspiring.

What is the objective of diploma distinctions at Lovett? Who advises students across their five-semesters of work? What's the impact of experiential learning on students as they pursue these projects? These questions and more are answered on 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.