The Habersham School’s Tony Scott Named Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach
SAVANNAH, GA, 3/11/20 – Tony Scott, beloved middle school coach and mentor at The Habersham School, has been promoted to Head Coach for the Varsity Boys’ team at Habersham. “I am humbled and grateful to God that I was considered and named the new Head Coach of Varsity...
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Tribal Markings
by Jason Mehl This week, we are privileged to enjoy a story by 10th-grade humanities teacher, Jason Mehl. This is a special treat, as his students know. A former missionary in Uganda, his students have the opportunity to “earn” a Uganda story each week if they have a...
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The Habersham School’s Sam Parker Commits to UGA
SAVANNAH, GA, 3/4/20 – Sam Parker, a junior at The Habersham School, has committed to swim for the University of Georgia. “I’ve been a Georgia fan my whole life, and it has been a dream to go to The University of Georgia and even be a student-athlete. I’m excited for...
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Everything My Father Taught Me…
by Brent Beaumont When I was a young boy and my father wanted to impart to me some wisdom about human life, he often turned to his favorite philosophers—Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, and Merle Haggard, just to name a few. These honky-tonk poets, from a...
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Shelter-in-Place with a Glass of Lemonade
by Jason Manley Jerry Seinfeld once asked, “Ever notice a lot of butlers are named Jeeves?” He continues, “you name a baby Jeeves, you've pretty much mapped out his future, wouldn't you say?” I think similar pigeonholing happens to that humblest of fruit - the lemon....
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The Quarantine Funk One Day at a Time: Seven Virtues to Help You Cope During COVID-19
Light gray clouds muddled the sky and a lazy thunder grumbled passively in the distance. For about two weeks of the year, rising summer desert air meets moisture from the Gulf of Mexico to produce vigorous thunderstorms and brilliant lightning displays that splinter...
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Zoom. Zoom. And the Mark of Community.
by Angie Copetillo Open Zoom.us? Yes. I wonder who will join us today? Join using audio? Yes. Join using video? Yes. I knew to expect the usual colleagues and friends. Join meeting now? Yes. I opened to a filled screen. Courtesy of Zoom’s gallery view, warm...
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Three Simple Ways for All of Us to Learn through Nature – Even Then: It’s a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Angie Copetillo I slid all 10 fingers through my hair at once. Strategically, when my hair reached the crevices of my fingers, I pulled, hung my head, and let out an “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.” The overload had reached its peak. The Latin questions, the student loan...
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A Squeaky String & Five Priorities
by Angie Copetillo About a month ago, I had Abby Grace record this awkward video of her teaching me violin. It is painfully obvious I have never played a stringed instrument. But I set out to try because I continued to be amazed at young Habersham students who...
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Where Were You?
by Angie Copetillo Twelve days ago my family and I blissfully headed out West for 10 days of camping, hiking, and off-roading adventures in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. I had been giddy-as-a-school-girl before leaving, sharing my enthusiasm with some of you at the...
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