Social and Emotional Learning at Campbell Hall
On September 12, the first Parents’ Association meeting of the year will feature a panel and audience discussion of the social and emotional issues our students are facing at the different grade levels. Campbell Hall has always seen itself as educating hearts as well as minds, and these days Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a hot topic everywhere. Come hear our local experts and contribute to the discussion!
Campbell Hall prides itself on creating a safe and healthy community, but that doesn’t mean that the challenges children face around the world don’t show up here too. What’s different is our radically proactive approach, emphasizing from the first day of kindergarten that as spiritual beings, children have a full breadth of tools and support they need to address all the challenges they may face. There are many particular SEL programs for students K-12 at CH, but all follow from the premise that, as children of God, all of us have to the right to lead, and the capacity for leading, “decent, loving, and responsible” lives. Our work as teachers and parents is 1) to deepen that basic understanding in ourselves, each in our own way, and 2) to connect the trials and tribulations of the day to the insights that will help our students grow spiritually as well as intellectually.
You will hear me say often that our time is one of a spiritual crisis demanding a spiritual solution. The only identity we all share beyond all our political, socioeconomic, ethnic, and religious differences is that we emerge from the same Ground of being, and from that are called to love one another and seek out the truth. There is no unity or even possibility of unity apart from those spiritual commitments. Those commitments presuppose no prior belief, just an understanding that the best answer to any problem will emerge if we persevere intelligently and in good faith as a community of inquiry. Our Parents’ Association meetings are a great place to experience that community firsthand, and so I hope you will join us.
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You will hear me say often that our time is one of a spiritual crisis demanding a spiritual solution. The only identity we all share beyond all our political, socioeconomic, ethnic, and religious differences is that we emerge from the same Ground of being, and from that are called to love one another and seek out the truth. There is no unity or even possibility of unity apart from those spiritual commitments. Those commitments presuppose no prior belief, just an understanding that the best answer to any problem will emerge if we persevere intelligently and in good faith as a community of inquiry. Our Parents’ Association meetings are a great place to experience that community firsthand, and so I hope you will join us.
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Head of School Julian Bull
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Canon Bull earned his Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College, his Master’s in Philosophy from Boston College, and his Master’s in Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary. He is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church. Prior to joining Campbell Hall in 2003, Canon Bull served as Head of Trinity Episcopal School in New Orleans and as the Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Dean of Students, Chair of the Diversity Committee, and Director of the Senior Humanities Program at Albuquerque Academy. He has served on the Boards of the National Association of Episcopal Schools, the Independent School Association of the Southwest, St. James’ Episcopal School, the Louisiana Children’s Museum, the Steering Committee for the Los Angeles School Heads, the Studio City Neighborhood Council, and has chaired the last two search committees for bishops of Los Angeles. He currently serves as the Chair of the Commission on Schools of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and the Board of the Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education. He and his wife Katie have enjoyed raising their two sons as 13-year Campbell Hall students. Canon Bull enjoys tennis, hiking, and playing bridge in his spare time.
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Campbell Hall is an independent, Episcopal, K-12 all gender day school. We are a community of inquiry committed to academic excellence and to the nurturing of decent, loving, and responsible human beings.
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