The Heights Forum
The Heights Forum
Partners in Formation
The Heights Forum is the outreach branch of The Heights School. Our mission is to support educational leaders, teachers, and parents in their own efforts to educate the children entrusted to them.
The Teaching Vocation Conference
The conference for me felt like coming home. The clarity of vision your teachers and leadership presented was not just words, but clearly flowed into your relationships between each other and with your students. The intentionality of your campus design, the rhythms of your school day, and your approach to curricular development came together in a way I can only call ‘organic,”’and it was refreshing to me, as someone who has spent 18 years as an educator-administrator, to witness the ideals I have so long espoused in action, in such...
Chris McKenna on Parenting in a Digital Age
This week's episode features Chris McKenna, founder and CEO of Protect Young Eyes (ProtectYoungEyes.com), who discusses the challenges and opportunities of raising sons in a digital age.
April 13, 2024
Fathers Conference 2024
The Heights School • Potomac, MD
Dangerously Good: Raising Magnanimous Sons
Forgiveness and the Person: Why Shakespeare’s Tempest is better than Hamlet
English teacher Joe Bissex reflects on what makes Prospero better than Hamlet, and thus the Tempest greater than the Danish play.
Starting a Mentoring Program
The idea of starting a new program is exciting; the practical execution of the idea is difficult and takes time. This is especially true of a mentoring program. While the aspiration of truly personalizing the education at one’s school sounds good and beautiful, in truth, developing an organized program of formation that does more than merely sound good at an open house is perhaps one of the most difficult things to realize at a school. Nevertheless, with time and perseverance, developing an effective mentoring program is possible. The aim of...