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A Boarding School with a Top Tier Mountaineering Program
Asheville School’s mountaineering program has earned a five year accreditation from Association of Experiential Education (AEE) making Asheville one of only 11 secondary schools worldwide to carry such distinction. Ed Maggart, Asheville’s director of mountaineering expressed his belief in the program: “We have always had an outstanding Mountaineering Program at Asheville School and now we are [...]
Read MoreAsheville School Alumnus Talks About His ABC “Wipeout” Experience
Alumni pop-up in crazy places. As with most game shows, yes, contestants must be able to compete; but, they’ve also got to be good for television. As Gary Shields (Asheville School, ’02) explains the Wipeout audition process: “Initially I thought the audition process would test your physical fitness and agility…but a week beforehand they called [...]
Read MoreA Conversation with Asheville School’s Jonathan Hopkins
As winner of the AdmissionsQuest for the Best Student Video Contest with his short “What Is Asheville School?” we wanted to hear a bit more about how Jonathan Hopkins came to Asheville School (Asheville, NC); how his short grew out of his Asheville experiences and where he wants to take his talents? Check out Jonathan’s [...]
Read MoreWhat is Asheville School?
Sharing in random order the top 5 vote getters in the AdmissionsQuest for the Best Student Video contest. First up, What is Asheville School?
Read MoreonBoarding Schools Just Got a Little Bit Bigger!
Last year our readership grew immeasurably through the contributions of the Boarding School Mom, Marylou Marcus, Tom O’Dell and Leo Marshall. This year we’re thrilled to announce that the lineup gets even bigger by expanding our coverage with the addition of voices and views from members of the boarding school community. A fantastic stable of [...]
Read MoreEveryday Heroes
Asheville School alumnus Eric Weigel and current sixth former (12th grade) Elliot Wells, demonstrated the seriousness and dedication to which we all aspire and that we hope to never have to practice. The two rescued a 3 1/2 year old while working as lifeguards- pulling her from the pool, performing CPR and summoning EMS. “…Within [...]
Read MoreLong Serving Massachusetts and Asheville Alumnus Nears Retirement: We Learned via Twitter!
Jurist Levin Campbell retires at the end of the month after serving 40 years on Massachusetts and Federal benches. Certainly a fair minded and famously even handed judge, it’s Mr. Campbell’s relationship with Asheville School that brings this to our attention. Asheville recently joined the Twitter conversation and they ‘tweeted’- a real time, 140 [...]
Read MoreHappenings at Asheville School
Part of my social media workshop with the Asheville School, a coed boarding school in Asheville, NC, will result in the production of an episode of AQ’s Boarding School Podcast. I’ll take the group through the basics of preparation and production, but before coming to campus I asked the school’s Director of Admission to send [...]
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