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Fluidity is the Order of American Higher Education: Moving Beyond the High School Graduation-Four Year Undergraduate Model
A few years back I wrote piece about spending a post graduate year in boarding school before moving on to college- “A Post Graduate Year; what’s that?” The reasons for pursuing a PG year proved consistent among the students and families choosing an extra year of high school- graduating young, improving maturity, more academic preparation, [...]
Read MoreKevin Laue Signs with Manhattan College
We highlighted Mr. Laue, a Post-Graduate student at Fork Union Military Academy, in a post titled “Working to Overcome” back on January 5th and we’re delighted to see that he has earned a scholarship to play NCAA Division I basketball beginning in the fall at Manhattan College. “…After Laue was featured in The New York [...]
Read MoreParents and Schools Working to Maintain Private School Opportunities
Diana Costello has written a snapshot of the school and family sides of the private school admission process in the lower Hudson River Valley for the Journal News and LoHud.com (“Parents still paying up for private schools“). She chronicles the thinking and decisions of families as administrators work to keep their schools full and parents [...]
Read MoreLasting Power of Girls Schools: more than anecdotal
Highlighted in the current National Coalition of Girls’ Schools newsletter is a UCLA study confirming the lasting affects of a girls school education on graduates. I find the most interesting aspect of the study coming from its longitudinal view. Alumnae seem to carry and benefit from their girls school experiences deep into college and graduate [...]
Read MoreWhat makes Boarding Schools different from other good schools?
Twenty-two of my thirty-two years in independent schools were spent in day schools, some very good and some fairly mediocre, but all of them had good students with dedicated teachers. Their debate teams did well; the football teams reigned supreme. Most went on to colleges and parents were fairly pleased with their investment. However, it [...]
Read MoreCall For Southern Boarding School Thoughts & Ideas
Northeastern boarding schools tend to capture a good bit of the spotlight. They’re more well known, make more frequent sustained appearances in popular culture (movies, stories, and books) and benefit from their physical concentration in New England. The conflation of wealthy cities and deeper educational roots makes Eastern boarding schools more of an assumed educational [...]
Read MoreOur Son Finds a School to Call Home
Editor’s Note: “A Parent’s Boarding School Admission Journal” will move to a regular Thursday publication schedule. Check-in each week to read the Boarding School Mom’s latest entry. By this time we felt like professionals, our son was more confident; and we were more knowledgeable. We realized that the first impression gained in the admission office [...]
Read MoreDon’t Forget Day Students
We write so often about boarding schools and boarding students that we lose sight that almost every boarding school has a day student component and that day students make significant contributions to boarding school life. In some ways, day student participation and contribution comes at some personal sacrifice. Transitioning to a boarding community takes them [...]
Read MoreGilmour Academy Celebrates Two National Forensic League Champions in the Same Year
Gilmour Academy (Gates Mills, Ohio) celebrated two National Forensic League champions this past June. Gilmour seniors, Nathan Blevins and Rachel Kenney won first place in their events. Blevins took home the top trophy in Student Congress. Kenney reading Katharine Hepburn’s “Me: Stories of My Life” won the prize in Prose Interpretation as well as the [...]
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