School Visits
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, [...]
Student Tour Guides Take Viewers on a Tour of Vermont Academy
Vermont Academy is a 1:1 tablet school with students using tablet computers in classrooms, throughout the curriculum, and in most of their academic lives. Sophie and Julia show viewers that VA is far more than technology.
VA is very much about its connection to the school’s surroundings and its people.
Getting outside whether through an environmental science [...]
Students Share their Perspectives on a Hyde School Education
Four Hyde School-Woodstock students share their perspectives and experiences about Hyde’s contributions to their personal and academic growth.
Ranging from a new ninth grade student to seniors preparing college applications, the students share the ways their Hyde lessons affect their daily lives and decisions and how they will carry these lessons to college and beyond.
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 [...]
A Tour of The Ethel Walker School
Last month I visited The Ethel Walker School campus for a tour.
Lead by my tour guide, a four year student at EWS, we visited the ins and outs of the campus, gained insight through her experiences & perspectives, and learned about some great Ethel Walker traditions.
Chelsea shows viewers a girls boarding school that supports & [...]
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 [...]
Boarding School’s All-Inclusive Approach
Returning back from my travels across the country and now meeting prospective families during campus visits, I am truly amazed at how impressive this next generation of student really is.
We have some great future leaders amongst us. And, for many of the families I have met with over the last couple of months, the [...]
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 MoreAn Educational Consultant Visits Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy is a place where students come to learn about learning. I got a real sense of community in a large college-like setting. Students hustling to classes on their bikes; students running to sports; students in classes were fully engaged around Harkness tables. Each student is expected to play an important [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Wolfeboro, The Summer Boarding School
I visited with Ed Cooper, Head of School, Wolfeboro, The Summer Boarding School during the Independent Educational Consultants Association’s Speed Meetings event.Mr. Cooper talks about where Wolfeboro is today & what families should know.
Read MoreTabor Academy’s The Log Blog
On recent visit to Tabor Academy’s campus we were introduced to the school’s daily publishing vehicle The Log Blog.
We love the concept.
If I were a betting soul, I’d put my money on the notion that The Log Blog represents the future of school publishing.
Take many of the routine publishing functions and voices traditionally found throughout [...]
An Educational Consultant’s Impressions of The Thacher School
The Thacher School has to be one of the BEST “Hidden Secret” Boarding Schools nationwide.
What is not to like about this wonderful school? It’s in a breathtaking setting. They have their own orchard where we were able to pick up avocados, and a superb geographic location.
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit. My tour [...]
A Window Into the Independent Educational Consultants Association Conference
It’s that time of year again. Less than a week until Brian & I travel to Charlotte for the Independent Educational Consultants Association Conference.
Attended by educational consultants, boarding schools, colleges & therapeutic programs, the conference provides an ideal opportunity to strengthen connections and stay in tune with the opportunities offered on each organization’s campus.
This time [...]
Photos from My Trip to Tabor Academy
Last week I posted a video of my tour of Tabor Academy (A Tour of Tabor Academy). While we walked around campus, I snapped a number of photos for cutaway shots and posted the full roll to our Flickr account.
I embedded the entire collection in the gallery below:
A Tour of Tabor Academy
Nothing like the perspective of a current student to get to know a school.
Debby, a four year Tabor Academy student, took me on a tour and was kind enough to let me bring along my flip to capture each location on film.
She did a terrific job introducing me to campus, answering my questions and painting [...]
