Living the Story of Pesach at Mirowitz
March 29, 2026
Dear Mirowitz Community, There are moments in the calendar that ask more of us than remembrance. They ask us to feel, to reflect, and to reimagine who we are and who we are becoming. Pesach is one of those moments. This year, perhaps more than ever,...
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Reflections on ISACS Accreditation Visit
March 16, 2026
Dear Friends of Mirowitz, Earlier this week we concluded an important milestone in the life of our school: the accreditation visit from the Independent Schools Association of the Central States. For three and a half days, a visiting team of experienced educators and administrators spent time here...
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Real Growth at Mirowitz
February 27, 2026
Dear Mirowitz Community, I want to pull up a chair with you for a moment. This week we received our winter NWEA MAP results. And before anyone tightens up at the word “test,” let me say this as clearly as I can: This is not...
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A School on the Move
February 17, 2026
Hello Mirowitz Community, I hope and wish that you can see what I see: Mirowitz gaining altitude, creating real momentum for our students past, present, and. future. There are weeks when you feel the school moving. Not loudly. Not dramatically. But steadily. This is one of...
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Come Walk These Halls With Us!
February 2, 2026
Dear Mirowitz Community, A love letter to our St. Louis Jewish community Listen—there are moments when a school needs to lean into its community and say, with full heart: we need you. Not just as supporters or cheerleaders, but as messengers. As amplifiers. As people who believe...
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Academic Excellent- Practice, Purpose and a Proudly Jewish Life
January 17, 2026
Dear Mirowitz Community, Excellence, as I have come to understand it over a lifetime in schools, is rarely about brilliance in a single moment. It is about practice. It is about intention. It is about showing up, again and again, with care, humility, and courage—one day better every day. I...
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Rebuilding the Mirowitz Journey: Why K–8 Matters Now
January 5, 2026
Dear Mirowitz Community, I am grateful to share that my contract as Interim Head of School has been renewed, and I am truly excited to continue my work at Mirowitz. This community has welcomed me with openness, partnership, and care, and it has been a...
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Illuminating Tomorrow, One Child at a Time
December 9, 2025
There’s something about this season — the short days, the long evenings, the quiet moments when the candles flicker in the window — that reminds us that keeping a flame alive has always been a communal act. The Maccabees didn’t know whether that one small...
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E Pluribus Unum — Out of Many, One
November 17, 2025
In a recent blog post, I wrote that community isn’t a static idea; it’s a motion. It’s the daily rhythm of showing up for one another, even when it’s hard. It’s a teacher giving up prep time to support a colleague, a parent volunteering quietly behind...
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What’s Rising at Mirowitz
November 2, 2025
Dear Mirowitz Community, With the High Holidays and parent–teacher conferences now in the rearview mirror, we find ourselves entering one of the most important stretches of the school year. For nearly three weeks—right up to November 25—we have uninterrupted time to be together as a...
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