Category Archives: Dear Touchstone Community

Dear TCS Community, Portfolio conferences are coming up today and tomorrow.  Here’s why the conferences are an integral part of a TCS education. Portfolio conferences among students, parents, and teachers begin with Ginny and Tamara’s classes, this year slated for … Continue reading →

Dear TCS Community, The presentations from Tamara, Ginny, Susan, and Polly’s classes and the OSP at the MLK community meeting/assembly reaffirmed Touchstone’s commitment to helping students find their voices—in expected and surprising ways. What we have come to expect from … Continue reading →

Dear TCS Community, With the time for reading and reflection that the winter storms have allowed, I enjoyed a recent, thought-provoking editorial by the latest (and unexpected) supporter of a Touchstone education: David Brooks. Though I might argue with Brooks … Continue reading →

Dear TCS Community, Last Thursday, Jane’s class began our community meeting with their inspiring skit connected to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., dramatizing Cornelius, the wonderful fable by Leo Lionni. Cornelius is a crocodile who … Continue reading →

Dear TCS Community, As I reported in my January 6 News Notes letter, the Touchstone marketing task force has been working with a talented creative firm to tell our story in new and more effective ways. A key piece of … Continue reading →

Dear TCS Community, At our last community meeting, we welcomed one of our new students in Tamara’s class. (Our other new student wasn’t in school that day but we will soon find an opportunity to welcome him to our school, … Continue reading →