Listen in to the graduation speaker at our 2025 graduation! We are grateful to Dr. Messer for sharing his wisdom and insight with us.

It's time for the Upper School class trips episode! Learn more about why we take class trips and what makes them memorable for the students.

Listen in while we talk to Mr. Snider about what the thesis project entails, how it is really all about communicating with love, and hear from a couple students about their own thesis projects.

BOOKS 

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Tony Reinke

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family: How to Navigate a Media-Saturated World (Focus on the Family)

The Shallows by Nicholas Carr

ARTICLES 

The Terrible Consequences of a Phone-Based Childhood (The Atlantic)

How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us (NPR interview)

Screens and Kids in Silicon Valley (New York Times)

Screens and Teens: A Parent's Guide to Tech-Stewardship (Tony Reinke)

IN THE NEWS

Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general, asks Congress to act (AP)

Australia passes social media ban for children under 16 (Rueters)

Communications time bomb: Parents' smartphone use could be the new secondhand smoke (USA Today)

I grew up 'under a rock': My parents banned social media until I was 17. I'm glad they did (USA Today)

OTHER RESOURCES

Leonard Sax

Internet Safety 101

SOLUTIONS WORTH INVESTIGATING

Go Aro 

Brick 

The Light Phone

What books are Dominion students reading? Which ones do they love? Find out on today's episode of the Dominion Dispatch!

Have you ever wondered how Dominion teachers start their day, or each class? Why do we recite the same creeds so often?

In this episode, you will listen in to some classroom liturgies, and understand more about the reasoning behind them in this interview with Upper School Principal Tanner Johnsrud.

If you're curious about using classroom catechisms for Upper School, you should read Something They Will Not Forget by Joshua Gibbs.

Welcome to Season 2 of the Dominion Dispatch! Make sure you catch up on all the goodness of Season 1, and get ready for a great year.

In this episode, we sit down with Mrs. Dykhoff and Mrs. Hammond, as well as several members of the middle school Science Olympiad team, to hear about their year and what they enjoyed.

Why make the switch from smartphone to dumbphone? Listen to 3 members of our staff and faculty discuss why they made the switch and how it has enriched their lives. 

The Gabb Phone

The Light Phone

Nokia Flip Phone

Book Recommendations: 

Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle

Restless Devices by Felicia Wu Song

12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Tony Reinke

Listen to the Q + A after Justin's seminar talk to our Upper School students. Make sure to check out Part 1 if you missed it!