New England Boarding Schools Blog
From China to the NFL (via New Hampton)
You’ll appreciate the story of how a Chinese student came to New Hampton and then found encouragement and success from a teacher/coach.
Read MoreMaking the Case for College
A Proctor Academy graduate offers his stories, encouragement, and perspectives as part of the College Board’s “You Can Go” campaign.
Read MoreLinden Hill School To Close
Sadly, we note the the decision of Linden Hill’s trustees to close the school at the end of the academic year in June.
Read MoreA Sad Change for Prep School Basketball Fans
A big story out Pittsfield, ME yesterday, Maine Central Institute’s board of trustees has dropped their New England Prep School Class A basketball program effective with the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
Read MorePutting the Cool in Boarding School
As part of WFSP’s Cool Schools series, reporter Mark Dixson filed four reports covering some of the uncommon, specialized experiences available to Marvelwood students.
Read MoreBoarding School Alumni Pop-up: From fashion to hockey
During a recent 24 hour trip, I came across two boarding school alumni doing different work- but both achieving at the highest levels of their professions.
Read MoreA Guided Tour of Gould Academy
A Gould Academy student share her insights into what it’s like to be a student at Gould. Two programs that she shares will strike viewers as setting Gould apart. The first is Gould’s On Snow program. Adjacent to Sunday River ski area, Gould encourages and designs its programs so that students make maximum use of [...]
Read MoreBasketball Pressure That Has Nothing to do With the Game
I’m a sports fan. But, I must say, there are times when I wish I weren’t and those times almost always have to do with the hypocrisy of intercollegiate athletics and the NCAA. Whether it’s the governing body’s insistence in some faux notion of amateurism that never existed; to a student first, athlete second assertion [...]
Read MoreBig League Coverage of New England Prep School Sports
Kudos to ESPN’s Boston High School Blog. Their blog’s doing a great job of following, collecting, & publishing quick coverage on New England prep school sports.
Read MoreNEPSAC Prep School Basketball Tournament Winners
We’ll catching-up on some sports news that happened over spring break during a few posts this week. First, the ever-popular boys basketball tournaments.
Read MorePrep School Players in the Men’s 2012 NCAA Basketball Men’s Final Four
Some simple math: 4 teams, 13 players each, 52 players total. 8 of those players from boarding school programs; 15% of players on 2012 NCAA Men’s Final Four rosters come from boarding school programs.
Read MoreElite 8: Boarding Schools Were Well Represented
Prep schools (New England schools especially) play some of the best boys high school basketball out there. It’s always impressive to see the number of prep school players on college basketball rosters of the highest level.
Read MoreAn Investment that’s Paying Dividends (on many levels)
Deefield Academy featured prominently in January when Bloomberg ran a piece by writers Anthony Effinger, Katherine Burton and Ari Levy titled “Top Hedge Fund Returning 45% Under Julian Robertson’s 36-Year-Old Disciple.” This is not an earth shattering headline if you’re familiar with Julian Roberston and the success of his Tiger Management Corp. in running investment [...]
Read MoreMiss Hall’s School Head of School Receives a Well Deserved Leadership Award
Jeannie Norris, Head of Miss Hall’s, received the Citation of Leadership Award from The Association of Boarding Schools.
Read MoreWhy should I go to a boarding school?
Todd Orminston, Gould Academy, admission director, covers several pieces of the admission process by addressing the question, “why should I choose a boarding school?”
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