Insightful Questions: Balance and Belonging

Welcome to EPS Insightful Questions, a monthly podcast produced by EPS. This year, we’re exploring the theme “Act Responsibly: Care through Clarity,” inviting voices from across the EPS community to reflect on how clarity shapes thoughtful action. Each episode offers a window into how communication, planning, leadership, and collaboration become more meaningful when grounded in shared purpose and intentional care.

In this episode, Head of School Sam Uzwack is joined by EPS faculty member Gaylynn Lynch, Jamie Andrus, Assistant Director of Student Well-Being, and  Dr. John Stegeman, Head of Upper School. They discuss ensuring that every EPS student feels seen and supported and how clarity in expectation, communication, and care helps create a more connected school environment.  They also discuss finding balance at school. As Dr. Stegeman notes, “If we can center the student, the human being, in the conversation about balance, it’s a way of reducing the complexity of the conversation…We want to have all parts of our experience and identity validated.  And when it is, the equilibrium appears.”

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Special thanks to Oliver C. (Class of 2023) for the music and to our production team (Vickie Baldwin, Derek Clarke, Alek Edmonds, Tina Hadden). Please email insight@eastsideprep.org for any questions.