Educational Consulting
National Association Director Marks onBoarding School’s 500th Post
Editor’s Note: For our 500th blog post, we invited friend and Independent Educational Consultants Association, Executive Director, Mark Sklarow to comment and reflect on onBoarding Schools’ contributions to families and the larger boarding school community.
Many thanks, Mark, for the kind words.
For those who live, eat and breathe boarding schools on a regular basis, [...]
Getting to Know Fryeburg Academy
Headmaster Daniel Lee talks with us about Fryeburg Academy’s special opportunities as both an ‘Academy’ and as a boarding school drawing students from around the world.
-Founded in 1792 as part the the “Academy” movement, the school predates public education.
-Distinctly diverse school. Fryeburg is, simultaneously, the local public school and a boarding school.
-Americas most egalitarian [...]
A Student Tour of Westminster School
Olivia and Cris take viewers on a guided tour of Westminster School.
A co-ed boarding school in Simsbury, CT, Westminster’s campus features the new 85,000 square foot Armour Academic Center which functions as the campus central hub housing offices, classrooms, an atrium meeting space, the Cole Library, a 120 seat lecture hall, a planetarium, as well as [...]
Getting to Know Fay School
Jamie Ramsdell, Director of Admission connects Fay School (America’s oldest junior boarding school) traditions to the 21st century in this latest installment of our Getting to Know series.
Highlights from the conversation include:
-Balance of tradition and the new
-Broad options throughout the curriculum
-Connected faculty
Getting to Know Eagle Hill School
Dana Harbert, Admission Director, sat down with me for a Getting to Know interview to introduce the approaches that make Eagle Hill School unique in its role as a college preparatory boarding school for students with learning differences and ADD.
Highlights from our conversation include:
-Flexible academics and approaches to learning differences.
-Strong Arts program and culture.
-Dedicated teachers [...]
An Educational Consultant’s Impressions of Middlesex School
A truly beautiful campus in Concord, Massachusetts, Middlesex School centers around an open quad with beautiful brick buildings. I was fortunate to visit on an inviting, snow covered day (not the pleasant summer shot to the right).
It’s exam week and I saw countless student groups studying together.
The library seemed full to capacity. Informal [...]
Supporting the Green Schools Alliance
This week Jeremy McGeorge & I attended a fund raiser for the Green Schools Alliance, a project of Global Environmental Options: GEO.
The truly inspiring event was hosted in New York City at the Green Depot (an innovative supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable building products.) The gala was framed by shelves of products [...]
Getting to Know Dublin School
Community. Force me to chose a single word to describe Dublin School, I’d say ‘Community’ ranks #1 on my list.
Students & faculty talked about it with great passion during my campus visit last year and Sheila Bogan, Dublin’s Director of Admission, reinforced why the school’s small boarding community makes Dublin a special place in our [...]
An Educational Consultant Visits Eagle Hill School
Eagle Hill School (Hardwick, MA) educates eighth through twelfth grade students with learning (dis)abilities, including Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Faculty are committed to providing an intimate and individualized course of study for each student within a traditional boarding school setting. I found the community to be both encouraging and supportive, honoring the individual, valuing learning [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School
Today’s edition of Getting to Know introduces Lisa Zannella, Director of Admission, Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School (Waltham, MA).
Highlights from the conversation include learning about their specialized Ninth Grade Program, the type of student that excels at the school, CHCH’s learning center & ESL programs and how the school creates customized learning environments for each student.
Getting to [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Bachman Academy
Let me introduce you to Becki Patterson from Bachman Academy (Mc Donald, TN). A small boarding school of 30, Bachman offers a hands-on learning environment for students with learning differences.
Read MoreGetting to Know Cardigan Mountain School
Next up in our Getting to Know series, Cardigan Mountain School- an all-boys, junior boarding school in Canaan, NH.
Brian Beale, Cardigan’s Associate Director of Admission, talks about the school’s supportive & structured environment, three levels of academic programs and PEAKS – Cardigan’s Personalized Education for the Acqusition of Knowledge and Skills program.
Getting to Know Bement School
In this installment of our ‘Getting to Know‘ series, I sat down with Kim Loughlin, Director of Admission, Bement School.
We talked about the concept of junior boarding schools and why families select the option, Bement growing its boarding student population from 34 to 40, dorm & student life at the school, and the structure of [...]
At A Certain Point, Inside the Family Isn’t the Best Place for a Child In Crisis: Grappling With Choosing a Therapeutic Wilderness Program
Sometimes, no matter how hard we’ve tried, we, as parents, can’t give, or do, what best for our children. No blame. No finger pointing. It’s just the fact that, imperfect human to imperfect human, parents sometimes fall short. We want to beleive that they can provide everything necessary for our children. [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Chamberlain-Hunt Academy
Buz Lowry, Director of Development, Chamberlain-Hunt Academy (an all-boys, Christian, Military boarding school) brought me up-to-speed on the school’s long history, it’s military tradition and it’s focused approach to educating students in a structured military boarding school environment.
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