For those who don’t know, Duke School adopted a new school song last year--written by the class of ’15 in response to a contest. After a summer of not hearing the song, I heard it twice in the last two days--today at the welcome back assembly and most wonderfully at the conclusion of the PSO meeting last night. It was great seeing our core volunteers join to share in the Duke School spirit.
Clearly the song is important to me (and I would argue), to the students and at least some parents. Why? In many ways, the school song helps create community. It is something that Duke School’s community shares uniquely among themselves. It helps draw us together in spirit and emotion which is important. And it does this without demonizing others. Often symbols that draw communities together do it by condemning another group. Because I root for the Yankees, I hate the Red Sox, by definition. A school song leaves no enemies, it just creates friends.
See the lyrics of the school song below and hear the Duke School community singing it.
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