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The Stone Independent School is a progressive, interdisciplinary 7-12 school which believes that all students learn best by doing.

The Moby-Dick Guy
To open with vulnerability, I’m sometimes afraid of being labeled “The Moby-Dick guy”.
My speech is peppered with references to the text. My thoughts return to it several times a day. In each of my work and living spaces there is a copy of Moby-Dick within reach and I not-infrequently (a Melvillian double negative, by the way) read a random chapter to pass a few transitional minutes between activities.
How We Teach at Stone (Fall 2023 Letter To Parents from the Assistant Head of School)
“There is no prescription nor purchased curriculum for what and how we teach. There are no step-by-step instructional guides or books. The collaborative work of our teaching team is what makes us who we are and allows us to show students the vast capacities they embody for highly sophisticated problem-solving. We practice and believe in an educational philosophy that we think is the best way to equip students for success in any future vocation, to use their voice for good, to engage life with empathy and ethicality as the road becomes more complex, to walk with a discerning and compassionate heart, and to solve the biggest economic, technical, environmental, and social problems that humans have ever faced. “