Episodes
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Coffee with the Head of School: February 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Head of School Emerita Dr. Mary T. Ortiz looks ahead to the summer and discusses how it can be a fruitful time for students and their families.
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Oakcrest's College Counseling Vision
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Director of College Counseling Miranda Johnson dives into Oakcrest's College Counseling mission and describes how we assist students throughout the college application process.
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Coffee with the Head of School: December 4, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Head of School Emerita Dr. Mary T. Ortiz offers some thoughts on making the best use of our time and gifts, especially during this season of Advent and Christmas.
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Psychologist and family physician Dr. Leonard Sax discusses best parenting practices for raising daughters in the 21st century, especially with regards to social media and phone use.
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Psychologist and family physician Dr. Leonard Sax draws upon his 26 years of clinical experience, as well as his visits to more than 400 schools over the past 17 years, to provide evidence-based answers to some of the most common questions about all-girls education, beginning with "The real world is coed; school should prepare kids for the real world; so shouldn't school also be coed?"
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
How the C&O Canal brought about the United States Constitution
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
History teacher Ginny Boles delves into how the C&O Canal was a catalyst for bringing about the United States Constitution.
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Coffee with the Head of School: November 6, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Head of School Emerita Dr. Mary T. Ortiz offers some thoughts on "raising heirloom flowers" and the Oakcrest mission, as well as positive COVID lessons she has learned that can help in the education of young women.
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Coffee with the Head of School: October 2, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Head of School Emerita Dr. Mary T. Ortiz reflects on the value and impact of mentoring young women.
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Coffee with the Head of School: September 11, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Head of School Emerita Dr. Mary T. Ortiz shares some reflections on the upcoming school year with parents in the first Coffee with the Head of the 2020 fall semester.
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
An Inconvenience Rightly Considered is a series produced by the Parent Partnership team to inspire and to provide practical advice for parents during quarantine. In this fifth and final episode, Director of Parent Support Terri Collins and Director of Mentoring Kate Hadley talk about the most important practical life skills to teach your children before they enter adulthood.