GA Salon: Celebrating Community, Conversation and Ideas

In the rush of school days, filled with classes, clubs, coaching, directing, planning, department and faculty meetings, teachers can be left hungry for collegial conversation about important topics ~ not necessarily related to school life.  To satisfy this desire, three years ago, GA instituted its first Germantown Academy Salon.

In the rich tradition of the 17^th and 18^th century salons, the GA Salon is an informal gathering of interested and interesting people who share a passion for ideas across a broad range of subjects.  In the past three years, teachers have gathered in the Roberts Library to discuss a variety of thought-provoking topics: the nature of change, the concept of home, the characteristics of adulthood, the role of play in our lives, the notion of Vergangenheitsbewältigung, and, most recently our relationship, to poetry.

Refreshments foster the social nature of the group.  A glass of wine, a provocative topic, a smart group of people: what could be better!  The salon meets four times throughout the year, and is comprised of faculty, staff, and administrators from all three divisions of the school. 

Although it is sometimes challenging given our busy schedules to make time for the salon, those who do always leave more closely connected to their colleagues and enriched by the conversation.