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So Exactly Why Do Boarding School Admission Officers Travel the World?
International trips are a piece of the boarding school admission world. International students are an integral part of the American boarding school fabric but, exactly how, and why, international students and families seek, connect, and choose boarding schools remains a little foggy. Stacie Grant, Director of Development at San Domenico School (CA) is blogging while [...]
Read MoreWorking in Boarding Schools Runs in the Family
One of those small world connections over the weekend- last week we published my video tour of Wyoming Seminary with associate admission director Kevin Blaum. He spoke modestly about his accomplished, Sem alumnae, daughters. Today, I get to highlight one daughter, Caroline Blaum. She was the subject of an article at Examiner.com (Oldfields Builds Field [...]
Read MoreA Guided Tour of Miss Hall’s School
Tour the Miss Hall’s School campus with Allison Smith, assistant director of admission. As you watch, keep an eye out for the sense of community that weaves its way into every stop. Ms. Smith introduces viewers to Miss Hall’s palces, spaces, rhythms, and routines. The tour opens in the ‘Living Room.’ Restored and decorated to [...]
Read MorePerspectives from an All-Girls Boarding School
Editor’s note: With this post we welcome, Marisa Peacock as an AdmissionsQuest onBoarding Schools contributor. Marisa is a graduate of Worcester Academy and worked in the communications office of The Maderia School. Marisa became a supporter and spokesperson for the all girls secondary experience in a non-linear fashion. She did not attend an all girls [...]
Read MoreTake a Tour of San Domenico School Through the Eyes of Two Appreciative Students
San Domenico School students Abby and Elle (student body president and vice president, respectively) take viewers on a guided tour of San Domenico’s beautiful campus. They talk about the Freshman Foundations program- an integrated humanities curriculum- and provide insight in to the sharing of ideas fostered through use of a Harkness table. Abby and Ellie [...]
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 MoreDirector Brings His Zest for Theater to Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
After directing success in Atlanta, Sam Ross and his wife Elizabeth moved cross country to La Cañada Flintridge. Since moving from Atlanta about 10 years ago, Ross has been working to bring his Shakespeare company, the La Cañada Flintridge Shakespeare Festival and Conservatory program to life. Arriving in La Cañada Flintridge, Ross discovered the Flintridge [...]
Read MoreWestover School and Brass City Ballet Expand Their Collaboration
Westover School and Brass City Ballet have expanded their five year joint program with a new opportunity beginning fall 2009. The new program will “provide more intensive ballet instruction for Westover students and bring new talent to Brass City Ballet.” The expanded program offers Westover students the opportunity to become members of Brass City Ballet’s [...]
Read MoreSt. Timothy School’s Students Give Perspective to a Professional Organizer
Hannah McConnaughay, an Outreach Education and Training Associate at the Interfaith Youth Core of Chicago contributed today’s installment of the Newsweek/Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog (Finding Citizen Change-Makers at Boarding School). A Chicago native she found herself wistful, sad, irritated, and a little jealous that she would miss President Obama’s inauguration. On inauguration day she [...]
Read MoreFive Cool Things to Know About Westover School
Today I’m taking folks at Westover School, a girls boarding school in Middlebury, CT, through my social media workshop. As with each workshop, my desire is to be both theoretical and practical. One goal the workshop is to collaborate with the school to produce a finished blog post (missing accomplished!). As homework, my Westover friends [...]
Read MoreAnnie Wright School Reaches Two Milestones
Congratulations to Annie Wright School. The school is celebrating its 125th year (2009)– during this time the school has grown from 46 students to 453 girls from 21 countries. (The News Tribune) The schools founding “fulfilled the dreams of the Right Rev. John Adams Paddock and railroad executive-developer Charles Wright to establish a school for [...]
Read MoreWestover School Kicks off its 100th Year
On the heels of the Wyoming milestone, we see that our friends at Westover School celebrated the start of their 100th year. The school’s formal year-long celebration begins in April 2009, but it’s never to early to say congratulations. You can read more about the milestone & last week’s convocation by reading their announcement on [...]
Read MoreSt. Timothy’s School: North America’s only all-girls boarding school offering the IB
St. Timothy’s School in Stevenson, MD graduated its first class of International Baccalaureate students this past spring. The IB program is an international program of rigorous coursework and achievement. Students completing the IB program demonstrate the skills and intellectual tools necessary for acceptance into worldwide higher education. Beyond direct educational achievement, IB students also gain [...]
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