Mid-Atlantic Boarding Schools Blog
A Guided Tour of Perkiomen School
2009 Perkiomen School alumnus J.J. takes viewers on a campus tour while sharing his school experiences and insights. Two themes run throughout J.J.’s tour: The opportunity to try and experience new things Strong relationships- students-to-faculty and student-to-student Perkiomen seems to have a place for both the novice and the experienced student in all parts of [...]
Read MoreA Boarding School Celebrates its 65th with a New Scholarship Fund in Honor of a Long-Time Faculty Member
The Phelps School President Norman Phelps announced the Phelps Paragon- a $100,000 scholarship to be awarded to one student on need basis. The fund marks more that the school’s 65th anniversary, it also honors Timothy Phelps- long-time faculty member, brother of president Norman, and son of school founder Norman, Sr. “(Timothy was) a passionate Civil [...]
Read MoreTrinity-Pawling Head Talks Boys Education While Participating in Social Media
Confirming the growing power, and influence, of student produced- less formal- media, Trinity-Pawling School headmaster, Arch Smith sat for a video interview with student vloggers Teddy and Ian. This conversation dovetails nicely with yesterday’s post (Reality Coming Into Relief: Boys Education Needs Attention) covering Thomas Mortenson’s study “Economic Change Effects on Men And Implications for [...]
Read MoreA Quintessential Boarding School Teacher & Coach
Newark Post sports columnist, and radio broadcaster, John Buzby wrote a great profile of St. Andrew’s School’s (DE) Bob Colburn for MaxPreps (Bob Colburn still coaching high school baseball after 50 years). Yes, Colburn has been coaching baseball for 50 years, but, the angle that makes Colburn most human, and explains, his longevity is that [...]
Read MoreA Boarding School’s Growing Baseball Legacy
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Lou Rabito’s piece tells the story of how Perkiomen School baseball connected with Puerto Rican players/families and, in the process grew into a boarding school baseball power. Perkiomen players now hold spots on collegiate rosters of all levels and, one alumnus, Jose Morales plays catcher for the Colorado Rockies. Current Perkiomen senior [...]
Read MorePurnell School Featured on the Discovery Channel
Purnell School was one of the subjects on an installment of The Profiles Series. Discovery’s Education Profile episode explores educational institutions that focus on “nourishing the abilities of the individual and developing the whole student…”- exemplifying the best in 21st century education. The Purnell segment explores the ways that Purnell helps its girls build foundations [...]
Read MoreWhat’s New at Darrow School
Darrow School‘s Craig Westcott talks about Darrow’s new wind turbine installation and the ways that the wind turbine, the school’s solar array, and the school’s waste water treatment program provides students with the opportunity to study the integration of science, technology, mathematics, and sustainability.
Read MoreSeeing Boarding School Teachers in a Different Light: Grier School’s Jocelyn Hrzic Dances Before Her Students
An article that arrived on my desktop this morning gives me chance to highlight something that I know from experience but that we don’t too often get to highlight. A trait that sets some boarding school faculty apart is the fact that they are practicioners of their subject areas. It’s always interesting to come across [...]
Read MoreWesttown School’s Daniel Ochefu: Sports Illustrated’s High School Player of the Week
Daniel Ochefu excels under Westtown School coach Seth Berger’s “emphasis on playing low and slow.” Averaging 16 points and 12 rebounds per game, Ochefu finds himself on the radars of many Division I college programs. Ochefu explained to Sports Illustrated: “‘I play at a fast pace and I don’t bend my knees that much…But I’ve [...]
Read MoreChristchurch School Boarding Program To Go Coed in 2012
Christchurch School announced last week that girls will become part of the school’s boarding program beginning fall 2012. Founded as a boys school in 1921, girls have been part of Christchurch as day students since 1973. From the Christchurch announcement: “…In 2009, the Christchurch School Board of Governors commissioned a consultant to study coeducational boarding [...]
Read MoreAn Outstanding Squash Talent
A recent article at GametimePA.com begins with Ahmed Abdel’s recent court accomplishments as he plays in the number one spot for Mercersburg Academy. The insightful meat of the piece comes however when writer Rineer chronicles Abdel’s transition from soccer to squash and the fact that Abdel is an amazingly accomplished international player before leaving Egypt to [...]
Read MoreA Lasting Gift: Never Underestimate the Power of a Great Faculty
Never underestimate the power of a great faculty and the affects they can have on student lives. In 2007, Barbara Dodd Anderson donated $128 million to George School in memory of her father David Graham (teacher and business partner of Warren Buffet and co-author of Security Analysis). Anderson died this past November leaving an additional [...]
Read MoreWhat China Means to American Boarding Schools
I recently returned from a trip to China – my sixth trip in the last four years. The trip was part of the MBA for Executives Program at UVA’s Darden School of Business – a week of studying Chinese business and economics under professors of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, the first private [...]
Read MoreTop 10 Boarding School Blog Posts from 2010!
As 2011 begins, we’d like to share the ten most read stories of 2010 (the inspiration from this post came from Bill Stites’ latest – Top 10 in 2010 – on edSocialMedia) on our Boarding School Blog. We expanded to feature new voices and perspectives during 2010 and we’re pleased that many new contributors made [...]
Read MoreExperience Mercersburg Academy: A Guided Tour!
Mercersburg Academy students Shayna ’11 and David ’12 share their Mercersburg experiences on a campus tour. Merecersburg comes together as a community often. Chapel and school meetings occur throughout the week presenting students, faculty, alumni with an opportunity to share thoughts and reflections; these meetings also offer time for quiet reflection. Mercersburg continues practicing the [...]
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