Junior Boarding Schools
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 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 [...]
AdmissionsQuest Live from School Connections in Baltimore
Peter & I will be covering and talking to educational consultants and school admission folks over the next day and a half. If you’re unfamiliar with School Connections, the brain child of Pat Finn, it’s a combination of ’speed-dating’ and the old information swap between consultants and school.
Pat has taken the room full of tables [...]
Hillside School’s New Academic and Health Center Features Green Technology
Hillside School joins a growing roster of schools incorporating energy efficient green technology into their newest generation of buildings. The common thread among these schools is a growing dedication to environmental responsibility and stewardship.
Hillside’s Academic and Health Center features “specially tinted glass to better manage solar heating throughout the building; the implementation of recycled materials [...]
Cardigan Mountain School: Personalized Education through the Acquisition of Knowledge and Skills
Update: For those interested in learning more about the program, checkout my podcast, Cardigan Mountain School Introduces PEAKS, with Cardigan’s Brian Beale, Associate Director of Admission, & Ryan Feeley, English Teacher & Summer Session Director.
During a visit to Cardigan Mountain School (an all-boys, junior boarding school in Canaan, NH), I saw a school in the [...]
