Elisabeth Krents and Ellen Stein
Recorded
April 19, 2024
42:09 minutes
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mbb000130
Description
Friends and former colleagues Elisabeth "Babby" Krents [no age given] and Ellen Stein [no age given] reflect on their experiences at the Dalton School as students and then as school administrators and leaders. They also share what they are proudest of in their time at Dalton and how they became close friends.Subject Log / Time Code
Ellen Stein (E) talks about her experiences being a student at Dalton from 2nd grade until graduating high school. She remembers what she liked most about the experience, her favorite teacher, and describes what the uniforms were like back then.
Elisabeth "Babby" Krents (B) remembers what led her to Dalton in 11th grade and how she immediately connected with the Dalton community and educational pedagogy.
Participants each remember important school projects they worked on as students.
Participants reflect on the Dalton motto and share how they came back to working there.
E remembers her first day as the head of Dalton School, the day the 9/11 attacks happened. She also remembers her other hardest day at Dalton.
B reflects on what led her back to Dalton and shares what she is proudest of in her work at the school.
E talks about the work she has done after Dalton and B praises E's work.
Participants reflect on the decision to get rid of standardized tests and AP courses at Dalton, and talk about the school's response to the COVID pandemic.
Participants remember how they originally became friends and how they were supportive to each other in trying times.
Participants
- Elisabeth Krents
- Ellen Stein