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Western Boarding Schools Association Begins Blogging (with a little help from AdmissionsQuest)
If you read widely in the boarding school world, you might have noticed that our bylines now appear outside of AdmissionsQuest. We’re working the Western Boarding Schools Association (WBSA) to establish their brand new blog. WBSA established it to offer their site visitors with perspectives that are hard to find in school profiles. Over the [...]
Read MoreCommunicating the Value of Boarding School to Particular Constituencies
Here’s a great example of using a blog to share thoughts that are perfectly applicable to one’s wide audience, but also speak directly to small piece of your constituency about whom you might be working with at the time. Brentwood College School admission director Clayton Johnston, recently found himself thinking during a train ride while [...]
Read MoreWhat Makes a Head of School’s Blog Intriguing?
What makes a Head of School’s blog intriguing not only to his/her community but to a complete stranger? Read the blog of Sheila Culbert, Head of School at Loomis Chaffee School, and you will no longer ask this question. In her blog, Culbert weaves together stories from her journey as Head of School, the students [...]
Read MoreProctor Academy’s Chuck Will Tells the Story
The Concord Monitor ran a story Saturday “Proctor Life Under the Microscope” chronicling the evolution and longevity of Proctor Academy‘s Chuck Will’s blog, “Chuck’s Corner.” Chuck is a consummate boarding school story teller and Proctor has given him license to cover the minutae of boarding school daily life. As we’ve all come to understand campus [...]
Read MoreAdmissionsQuest for the Best Student Video: The 2009 Catalog
If you haven’t had a chance to visit onBoarding Schools’ sister blog, Boarding School Videos, then I encourage you to take a few minutes to browse the many entries. We’ve kept it as an eclectic, loosely organized, collection of school and student videos. No required topics or subjects. This free-form arena for boarding schools invites & [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Vermont Academy
Sean Brennan, Vermont Academy‘s Head of School talks about the strengths and underlying values of VA that he has come to understand during his first year as head. Relationships knit VA into a tight community. VA students benefit from healthy relationships with involved adults. Everyone helps; kids help; adults help. Paraphrasing Brennan- Everyone working hard, [...]
Read MoreA New Series: Getting to Know…
As part of participating in the Independent Educational Consultants Association‘s (IECA) new Speed Meeting event, we produced a series of “Getting to Know (Insert School here)” videos that we’ll feature on our blog over the next few weeks. A bit of background… IECA’s Speed Meetings give educational consultants seven uninterrupted minutes to talk with admission [...]
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 [...]
Read MoreA 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. [...]
Read MoreBridgton Academy Offers Year-Round Lacrosse for Post Graduate Boys
Through its year-round lacrosse program, Bridgton Academy (Bridgton, ME)- a post graduate student only boys boarding school- offers a great opportunity for focused lacrosse players working toward high-level collegiate competition. Students in the program work and grow through Bridgton’s college preparation academics along with fall and spring lacrosse seasons. The Wolverine lacrosse team plays nine [...]
Read More“Was this in the job description?”
When Peter Baron asked me to write a few words about my first few months as Head of School here at Vermont Academy, I found myself wondering where to begin. I can say that no words of advice from friends who are sitting heads, nor sessions with the great faculty at the Institute for New [...]
Read MoreBoarding Schools Acting on Climate Change: Blog Action Day 2009
Who would’ve imagined a few years back that you could so easily unite and share thousands of voices and perspectives on a single day. Today, 10/15/2009, Blog Action Day, is dedicated to addressing and covering climate change. As part of Blog Action Day 2009, we’d like to highlight the AdmissionsQuest schools that are working to [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant Visits Berkshire School
A picture perfect day in the Berkshires. What else could you want? Absolutely beautiful setting, Berkshire School‘s facilities are outstanding. Students look great in dress code; everyone’s happy. The campus is busy; you could hear the purposeful din in every classroom, common room, dining hall, playing field, and hockey rink (beautiful and newly built). Every [...]
Read MoreA Waldorf School You Say?
We suddenly dropped a Waldorf boarding school (A Consultant Visits High Mowing School) with all it’s practices and philosophies into the blog and schools coverage. We realize that it might be the first time that some readers have encountered the term Waldorf school, or, you might have heard the term but don’t have its meanings [...]
Read MoreFrom Canada to India-Sedbergh Students Blog at 2009 Round Square Conference
Their bags are packed and there are four very excited Sedbergh Students and one Faculty member who are about to embark on an adventure and cultural experience of a lifetime. For Hayden, Bronwyn, Christopher, Kiara and Mr. Parkes this adventure begins as they depart for India and the 2009 Round Square Conference. Round Square is [...]
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