3. An endless (fulfilling) journey
• Start with the right structure
• Know where the bus is heading
• Make it everyone’s job
• Lessons learned along the way
4. First…some context
World-class artistic training, rigorous college-prep
academics
• Academic classes: 8 am - 2 pm
• Arts programs: 2 pm til….
Dance, Creative Writing, Music, Theater, Visual Art
• Community Dance Academy
• Summer programs
Almost 300 students
• 70% boarding, 30% day
• 30% of boarding are international
9. The special sauce
“Sprinkled among every walk of life…
are a handful of people with a
truly extraordinary knack of
making friends and acquaintances.
They are Connectors.”
- Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point
Start with the right teamFind your early adoptersMeet people where they are…within reasonKnow where the bus is headingMake it everyone’s jobEquip and engage familiesLessons learned along the wayThe grand myth of content managementWho decides what’s a good idea? Kill the sacred cows carefully (admission)Good things come to those who wait (music and dance streaming/video)
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