Hope Chafiian
	BA Economics and Psychology, Emory University, 1986 MA in Teaching and Curriculum, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1988

I realize that I have many of the same interests today that I had at age ten. I still love to play the piano, play tennis and play with clay. I've been working at getting better, improving the strokes, the strategies, the fingering, the techniques all my life. I know I'll never reach perfection, but that really isn't the point of the pursuit. These hobbies of mine have endless potential and room for improvement, and most important, a process that I enjoy. I rise to the occasion of a good challenge - one in which I must learn something or improve a skill. It's important to set goals, and more important to revisit them as you move along in the process.

This is the link to the work I do with students and Logo. Logo is all about the process of learning. When engaged in Logo activities, kids are actively thinking, doing and working things out. Logo is a wonderful environment for kids to prove what they know. They help each other by sharing ideas, experiences and knowledge, and acknowledge each other's frustrations and joys.

I have been working with Logo at the Spence School in New York City since 1988. I started out as the sole Lower School computer teacher and was able to build the lower school computer program around Logo. Over the years I have worked with the teachers at Spence to weave Logo into the core curriculum and have facilitated many Logo Foundation workshops including annual Logo Summer Institutes since 1995.

For the coming school year, I have taken on my newest challenge: Acting Head of the Lower School. I am excited by the opportunities that lie ahead of me, working with parents, teachers and children in a broader arena, which extends beyond computers. But my experience with Logo over the past twelve years has influenced my thinking about learning and education in ways that will serve me well in my new position.