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The Planting of John McDonogh’s Vision
If you peruse John McDonogh’s will, you will find that the founder of McDonogh School did not request that students “place” flowers on his grave; he requested that students “plant” a flower at his grave. That distinction was the theme for the annual Middle School Founder’s Day Assembly in the Ceres M. Horn Theatre on Friday, October 13.
The program began with a presentation about student life in the early days when McDonogh was an all boys school and students worked on the farm in addition to doing their daily lessons in the classroom. The audience heard all about strawberry picking (1883), the first cattle show (1929), caring for the nationally recognized Holstein herd (1929 to 1963), and tractor maintenance (1950s). Then they heard today’s faculty and alumni share stories about how particular teachers and coaches influenced them by planting seeds of knowledge, compassion, and inspiration.
Middle schoolers enjoyed the thematic leap from the literal planting that was vital to the success of yesteryear’s farm school to the figurative planting in students of ideas and values by caring and passionate faculty. The combination of vivid pictures of McDonogh in the 1800s and the stories of today gave students a sense of how their school has grown strong, 133 years after John McDonogh’s vision was first planted here on Foxleigh Hill.
If you peruse John McDonogh’s will, you will find that the founder of McDonogh School did not request that students “place” flowers on his grave; he requested that students “plant” a flower at his grave. That distinction was the theme for the annual Middle School Founder’s Day Assembly in the Ceres M. Horn Theatre on Friday, October 13.
The program began with a presentation about student life in the early days when McDonogh was an all boys school and students worked on the farm in addition to doing their daily lessons in the classroom. The audience heard all about strawberry picking (1883), the first cattle show (1929), caring for the nationally recognized Holstein herd (1929 to 1963), and tractor maintenance (1950s). Then they heard today’s faculty and alumni share stories about how particular teachers and coaches influenced them by planting seeds of knowledge, compassion, and inspiration.
Middle schoolers enjoyed the thematic leap from the literal planting that was vital to the success of yesteryear’s farm school to the figurative planting in students of ideas and values by caring and passionate faculty. The combination of vivid pictures of McDonogh in the 1800s and the stories of today gave students a sense of how their school has grown strong, 133 years after John McDonogh’s vision was first planted here on Foxleigh Hill.