2009-2010
Heroic Living: Discover Your Purpose and Change Your World - February 2010
Best-selling author and renowned speaker Chris Lowney challenged assumptions about leadership and invited participants to embrace leadership roles and potential regardless of position and walk of life. He highlighted the imperative for principled leadership in a complex, fast changing 21st century.
2008-2009
The Economics of the Environment: The Ethics of Sustainability and Environment - April 2009
The keynote address about ethical issues related to environmental actions/concerns was given by the Reverend Fletcher Harper, executive director of GreenFaith, to parents and students during Kent Place School's Global Perspectives Day.
Ethics, Race and the Good Life - March 2009
Dr. KC Choi defined a "post-racial society" and guided the audience of parents and local community through a thoughtful discussion about the ethical implications of ignoring racial identity in American Society.
Life in the 21st Century - March 2009
How have educational goals and the needs to students changed over the recent decades? Dr. Karen Rezach outlined the challenges faced by educators today with special emphasis on the need for ethical education in schools today at Interweave in Summit, NJ.
The Plight of Women and Girls in Pakistan - February 2009
Pakistan is a country whose life and history are little-known to most people living in the U.S., especially in terms of the plight of women and girls. Dr. Shahida Jaffrey, vice chancellor of SBK Women's University and founder of the Women's University in Baluchistan, Pakistan, helped to uncover some of the mystery through her lecture to Kent Place Middle and Upper School students.
Ethics: What Do We Really Mean? - January 2009
Dr. Karen Rezach led a discussion at the Christ Episcopal Church in Short Hill, NJ, on what it means to "teach ethics," and how parents and adults can be involved in the ethical education of children.
Keeping Your Child Safe in a Wireless World - January 2009
Co-sponosred by the Ethics Institute, the KPS Technology Department and the Parents' Association, Internet safety expert Parry Aftab, Esq. spoke to the local community about keeping their children safe in a wireless world.
The Ethics of Religion: Observing the Holidays in a Multicultural Setting - December 2008
A conversation with Kent Place parents about celebrating religious holidays/traditions in a non-sectarian school was led by Kent Place Director of Diversity Michael Buensuceso and Director of the Ethics Institute Dr. Karen Rezach. Upper School students in attendance had their own conversations facilitated by a diversity consultant.
Teaching Ethics 101: Workshop for Teachers - November 2008-February 2009
Bioethicist Dr. Helen D. Blank led a three-day workshop, "Teaching Ethics 101," that instructed teachers in how to integrate a disciplined ethical decision-making procedure into the daily curriculum; how to create an interdisciplinary ethics program; and how to enhance the reasoning abilities of the students.
Staying Sane Through the College Process - October 2008
A parent workshop at Interweave in Summit, NJ, was facilitated by Dr. Karen Rezach and focused on a sane, ethical approach to the college process that takes into consideration parental goals, societal values and the child whose personhood gets lost in the mix.