Post by St. Philip's School and Community Center

As the Moody Performing and Fine Arts Center nears completion, Headmaster Dr. Flowers shares his thoughts on the art of possibility. As an educator, I encourage our families to understand that the fullness of human development is not limited to the traditional exploits of academia. Just as the world functions through rhythm, dramatics, and expressive manifestations, so it is true with the fulfillment of human capacity. Character, confidence, charisma, class, consciousness and even charm flow through avenues of the arts. We fail to enrich lives when we reduce the educational experience to what tend to be narrowed courses that exclude the arts. Over recent decades, we have seen trends to S.T.E.M. schools on to S.T.E.A.M schools when the reality is S.T.R.E.A.M. schools. As independent schools have long contended, reading remains fundamental, and the arts bring fuel to all subject areas. For generations, St. Phillip’s has been intentional about ensuring that every student has an opportunity for artistic expression, the experience of standing before a crowd and taking their bow before an audience. We are delighted to have alumni who have gone on to bless the world. From Hollywood to Broadway, from the Meyerson to the Bomb Factory and American Airlines Center, our success is undeniable. Local news, screenwriters' guilds, art shows, symphony and Grammy performances by way of SCAD, NYU, Julliard, Booker T, Hockaday and many other pathways have kept the art alive in hundreds of our graduates. It is my hope that you identify with our determination to cultivate the art and its possibility for each student youth in our School and Community Center. Blessings to all of those who maintain a deep appreciation for the contributions art makes to our lives. We have no doubt that God has gifted each of us ingredients of art. The evidence is within, just as sure as your heART is pulsing with rhythm. Dr. Terry J. Flowers Perot Family Headmaster #StPhilips1600 #Education #MondayMotivation #Community #PrivateSchool