ON HOW LIFE LOOKS AF TER FIVE YEARS AS HE AD
hen Head of School
Percy L. Abram first stepped
onto The Bush School campus, he recognized the
school he had heard and read about over his nearly twodecade career of working in independent schools. He encountered a dynamic school in which engaged students were passionate about learning, and curious about the world around them. He knew immediately that, in his words, “this is the community that I want to lead, and this is the type of education that I want for my children.” In 2014, Percy was appointed Bush’s ninth head of school, and inherited Helen Bush’s vision. “Helen said that the foundation of the school is the trust that teachers have in students. We afford our students a high level of trust at a very young age by exposing them to the wonder and complexity of the world around them. In return, this trust gives them the freedom to pursue learning earnestly and eagerly,” Percy explains. But how would Percy expand Helen Bush’s vision to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century?
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