Crescent Blogs

Over the past few months, my colleagues and I have done a tremendous amount of work to articulate the Portrait of a Crescent Graduate. This work can be distilled to three simple, yet provocative questions: Who am I? How do I lead? What is my legacy? Our challenge is to guide our boys in their personal discovery of the answers to these questions during their time at the School.

Some months ago, my colleagues and I asked the Upper School students on the Business Team how they thought their activities contributed to character – particularly qualities of grit and resilience that make up performance character. One student’s answer has stayed with me.

The “FRUMD” method is a tool I share with my students to help them better understand how they can improve their test results. Here’s how I explain it to them: