The Dominion Dispatch

Dr. Colin Messer on Institutions and the Fruit of the Spirit

Listen in to the graduation speaker at our 2025 graduation! We are grateful to Dr. Messer for sharing his wisdom and insight with us.

Class Trips: The Where and Why!

It's time for the Upper School class trips episode! Learn more about why we take class trips and what makes them memorable for the students.

What even IS a thesis project?!

Listen in while we talk to Mr. Snider about what the thesis project entails, how it is really all about communicating with love, and hear from a couple students about their own thesis projects.

Technology, Family Life, and Digital Minimalism at Dominion

BOOKS  The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8nd8pvqd] by Jonathan Haidt   12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8rhqhpvq] by Tony Reinke   Amusing Ourselves to Death [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8thnrpqn] by Neil Postman   Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family: How to Navigate a Media-Saturated World [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8vspk1da] (Focus on the Family)   The Shallows [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8ybpmrrj] by Nicholas Carr   ARTICLES  The Terrible Consequences of a Phone-Based Childhood [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm926fanse] (The Atlantic)   How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm942stdve] (NPR interview)   Screens and Kids in Silicon Valley [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm97tmgkze] (New York Times)   Screens and Teens: A Parent's Guide to Tech-Stewardship [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm98m9dn51] (Tony Reinke)   IN THE NEWS Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general, asks Congress to act [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm9a24tt79] (AP)   Australia passes social media ban for children under 16 [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm9bxkrr45](Rueters)   Communications time bomb: Parents' smartphone use could be the new secondhand smoke [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm9ep1pqjq](USA Today)   I grew up 'under a rock': My parents banned social media until I was 17. I'm glad they did (USA Today) [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm9jgvte5h]   OTHER RESOURCES Leonard Sax [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm9jjkj5mg]   Internet Safety 101 [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm9jxstnpx]   SOLUTIONS WORTH INVESTIGATING Go Aro [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm9p5erg95]    Brick [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm9p5mkmw3]    The Light Phone [https://qj85mo.fh29.fdske.com/e/c/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm8dztx4qz/01jfd4g0kv2ggm7kwm9szhzwy8]

Favorite Books of Dominion Students!

What books are Dominion students reading? Which ones do they love? Find out on today's episode of the Dominion Dispatch!