This year, the Ann Scott Carell Library celebrates its 20th anniversary — and the space has become everything Mrs. Carell envisioned for the students who step through its doors.

As Candice Storey Lee, Ed.D., sat on stage in front of Harpeth Hall’s student body, she reflected on the school’s mission and the opportunity for the students to be at a school that uplifts and supports women’s voices. With that mission as the foundation, she said, students were primed to understand that they can do anything.

Schools have been working to provide meaning for students for a long time. Meaning gives our students a structure in which we make sense of the world. Now, our goal as educators must be to combine that meaning with purpose and help students aspire to better the world and claim their ability to make a difference.