"Boston Globe"
A Spotlight Shined on the Serious Artistic Pursuits at Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Walnut Hill School for the Arts student dancers Nicole Douglas, Sarah Chin, and Alison Remmers are the subjects of a recent Boston Globe article “Leaping Into Their Passion.” Globe writer, Lenny Megliola sums it up nicely: “…In the best of possible worlds, all three will be ballerinas on world stages some day. It’s a tough [...]
Read MoreGreen Cup Challenge Video Contest
An optional video contest is part the annual Green Cup Challenge between schools. The student written and directed films must inform and motivate students regarding their choices and consumption habits: Purpose: A student written and directed video for presentation to the school community to create awareness, excitement and motivation about the Challenge. Theme: Creativity and [...]
Read MoreHow A Prep School Rivalry Became A Long Term Grudge
Rivalries aren’t limited to college football. They exist at all levels of sport and prep school football holds some long and storied rivalries in Exeter vs. Andover, Kent vs. Loomis for the spoon…Always fun are the how’s and why’s of how a particular rivalry began. On Worcester Academy‘s WA Mash is the story how a [...]
Read MoreTrinity-Pawling Alumnus Dillon Quinn Joins the Boston College Defensive Line
Just a couple of months removed from Trinity-Pawling School, Dillon Quinn fights to learn the techniques and discipline of becoming a sound, major college defensive lineman. Boston College defensive coordinator Bill McGovern told the Boston Globe (Quinn Could Offer Eagles Raw Power): “He’s an interesting kid. Obviously, he’s physically imposing. But like any young guy [...]
Read MoreNorthfield Mount Hermon Alumni Ties to Woodstock
Anniversaries and celebrations tend to unearth and shake the dust of the odd and sometimes forgotten connections of life; we found this one in the Boston Globe (By the time it got to Woodstock, Quill had peaked). Boston band Quill took the stage on Max Yasgur’s farm in 1969. “…Scantly remembered today, the group, called [...]
Read MoreFrom a Different Angle, But with a Similar Conclusion
Sam Allis reviews “NYC Prep” in the Boston Globe “Let Me School You About Preppies,” noting that “NYC Prep” isn’t really about prep or preppie at all. “The show has nothing to do with preppies. Real preppies would have nothing to do with it. They’d be laughed out of New Canaan at the mere thought [...]
Read MoreFluidity 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 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 MoreThe Value of Living Within One’s Means: Experience Provides Advantages for Tuition Driven Schools in Tight Times
An odd thing during these times of declining endowment income- several New England colleges are doing OK. In a Boston Globe piece several smaller tuition driven schools report that the relationship with their students and school growth haven’t yet changed much. They’re used to offering good value and opportunities- funded predominately with tuition dollars. Smaller [...]
Read MoreConsidering the Largest Endowments
Donald Frey (Wake Forest University, Economics Professor) and Lynn Munson (formerly, National Endowment for the Humanities) wrote an op-ed piece in today’s Boston Globe challenging the conventional wisdom of eternal saving and endowment growth. They make the case that colleges and universities would make better more effective use of endowment monies by committing to spending [...]
Read MoreBoarding school essays – a bit of advice
I found an article in today’s Boston Globe that offers college essay advice from Parke Muth, an admission dean at the University of Virginia. Even though it’s geared toward college applicants, students applying to boarding schools will find his breakdown helpful. I won’t go into too much detail (you’re better served by reading the piece), [...]
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