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April
12 Event Honors Dr. Ball
Respect:
The Most Powerful Dimension of Educational Goodness
An address by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 7:30 p.m., Meeting Room
Followed by Dessert and Discussion
Head of School Earl J. Ball will retire in June after 31 years
of extraordinary leadership and devotion to Penn Charter.
As a tribute to that leadership and to his intellectual curiosity,
please join us for an evening of stimulating ideas and conversation
built around an address by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot.
A sociologist and professor
of education at Harvard University, Lawrence-Lightfoot examines
the culture of schools, the patterns and structures of classroom
life, socialization within families and communities, and the
relationships between culture and learning styles.
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Please
Join Us
Asked
how he would like to celebrate his retirement from Penn Charter,
Earl Ball talked of an intellectually stimulating evening
bringing together adults in the school community and educators
outside PC. He wanted to invite a nationally respected speaker
to address an issue of relevance to Penn Charter and to education
in America. And he chose Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot.
Parents,
alumni, faculty, staff and friends -- please join us on April
12. RSVP
to Jennifer Cubbin at jcubbin@penncharter.com
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