"academics"
An Educational Consultant’s Notes on Indian Mountain School
Visiting Indian Mountain School, I felt like a kid again. The school is a junior boarding school located in Lakeville, CT. IMS feels like home away from home for its students. Facilities, views and setting were all beautiful. The arts are woven throughout the curriculum and visual and performing arts offer great windows of opportunity. [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Notes on Kent School
Kent School is a large coeducational boarding (515) and day (50) school built around challenging academics and an excellent slate of extracurricular opportunities including a very competitive athletic program. The school is located in Kent, CT, a beautiful town in Northwest Connecticut. Given the school’s size, Kent students are presented with an opportunity to forge [...]
Read MoreWhere to Begin when Thinking about Boarding School
If you are thinking about boarding school for your child, there are some things to consider as you start the process of choosing the one that is right for your child.
Read MoreThe Varsity Ice Hockey Goalie From Longview, Texas
This is the kind of athletic dream- based on head shaking perseverance- that becomes legend. A kid from east Texas dreams of playing ice hockey. (There are no rinks in east Texas.) He learns to skate and play hockey on in-line skates. He and his family find ice and settle into the hockey family grind [...]
Read MoreWhy a Family Should Consider a Girls Boarding School
Westover School head Ann Pollina joins us for short conversation covering “why should a family consider and an all girls’ boarding school?” Pollina makes he case that the question requires two answers, one for the entire family, and the other for the student. Pollina explores how a girls school provides an environment unlike any other. [...]
Read MoreSimple Video; Powerful Message: Gould Academy
Carefully aggregating and sharing web content produced by boarding schools helps to fuel our blog. Sometimes the examples are subtle, organic mentions of an event or aspect of a school’s community. These ‘every day’ stories build a foundation for the narrative that clues families into the vibe on campus. Take this video of a Gould [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know West Nottingham Academy
Jesse Roberts, West Nottingham Academy, Director of Admission, talks about the opportunities and experiences that set WNA apart. A small coed boarding school with 120 students, WNA makes relationships paramount- student-student and faculty-student. WNA, offers the requisite strong academics with the school’s emphasis on relationships and interaction overlaying everything the school does. “What sets us apart [...]
Read MoreStudent 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 [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know San Domenico School
Stacie Grant, admission officer, introduces San Domenico School. She describes San Domenico students as involved, well rounded, and passionate. Whether it’s trying new things, pursuing social justice, or contributing to the community, San Domenico lives the school’s mission. Some interesting details- San Domenico is is the only boarding high school (all-girls) in Marin County and [...]
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 role in [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Impressions of Mercersburg Academy!
Mercersburg Academy students were happy, down-to-earth and very comfortable in their rural, family-like setting. They have a very diverse campus where they emphasize the value of community and collaboration, while offering a very challenging academic curriculum and many extracurricular options both in visual and performing arts, music, athletics, robotics, clubs and they open doors beyond [...]
Read MoreIt’s All in the Effort
Woody Allen was almost right in his famous declaration, “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” While we certainly have to arrive to be successful, it turns out effort and experimentation are the keys to success once we’ve made it into the room or on to the stage. A recent post (How we learn) by Chuck [...]
Read MoreAn Admission Director’s Perspective on Athletics
I spent 20 years of my 32+ yrs. in education coaching 12-18 yr old students in cross country and track and field. I still believe it was the happiest time of my life as there is nothing more satisfying than to see youngsters challenge themselves in sport and learn the enormous lessons that can be [...]
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