HeadWay
HeadWay
Podcast Description
HeadWay takes you behind the scenes at Head-Royce School, sharing what’s happening on campus, what’s driving our progress, and how our community is transforming. This season, we’ll dive into Pathways to Purpose, our new strategic direction, highlighting the ideas, initiatives, and people bringing it to life. Through conversations with school leaders, educators, students, and changemakers, we’ll explore how Head-Royce is shaping the future of education and community.
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The podcast centers around the themes of educational reform, community engagement, and student development, with episodes highlighting strategic directions like Pathways to Purpose and initiatives focused on enhancing character, intellect, and creativity in students.

HeadWay takes you behind the scenes at Head-Royce School—an independent K-12 school founded in 1887 and located in Oakland, California—sharing what’s happening on campus, what’s driving our progress, and how our community is transforming. This season, we’ll dive into Pathways to Purpose, our new strategic direction, highlighting the ideas, initiatives, and people bringing it to life. Through conversations with school leaders, educators, students, and changemakers, we’ll explore how Head-Royce is shaping the future of education and community.
In this episode of HeadWay, Interim Head of School Ricky Lapidus sits down with drama teachers Andie Patterson and Andy Spear for a behind-the-scenes look at the theater program at Head-Royce. They discuss how shows are selected, what goes into casting it, and why certain productions may never make the cut. They also reflect on the unexpected lessons of live performance (including one from a famously mischievous ghost!) the importance of collaboration, and what they hope students will carry with them long after the curtain closes.

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