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Boarding School Podcast Sustainablity Series
In light of the economic downturn, school sustainability and adaptive strategies have been hot topics for a number of months. No one is spared from the realities of a shrinking economy- schools, families, students- we’re all impacted. To encourage a conversation about the options available to families and schools, AQ’s Boarding School Podcast hosted a [...]
Read MoreJohn McPhee Spotlights Lacrosse in The New Yorker
John McPhee- perhaps our finest non-fiction describer, boarding school alumnus and boarding school chronicler (The Headmaster)- published “Spin Right and Shoot Left” in the week’s New Yorker. If you’ve ever been part of that boarding right of spring- lacrosse, you’ll find much to warm your heart and reminisce over. The piece is a nice primer [...]
Read MoreFrom Humble Beginnings Wyoming Seminary Begins its 164th Year
School founding stories often include liberal doses of fact and fiction- a revered myth- a founding head’s vision, church ties, money and those first few students. Recently, we came across an article about the founding of Wyoming Seminary. The Wyoming Seminary story roots the school in the founder’s description of the landscape as “a commanding [...]
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