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Freshman Humanities at Dunn School
Teachers Laura Fox and Alex Wescott present an overview of Dunn’s ninth grade integrated curriculum. The program takes a slightly different angle than many other integrated humanities programs.
Read MoreA School Where the Learning Experiences of the Outdoors are Fundamental
For Ojai Valley School and its students, the learning experiences of the outdoors are fundamental.
Read MoreA Guided Tour of Army and Navy Academy
Army and Navy Academy cadets Matt, Tyler, and David share their experiences introducing viewers to the academy. Whether it’s academics, residential life or college counseling, two statements (resounding endorsements) from the tour capture the Army and Navy experience.
Read MoreWhy Small Class Sizes Matter to this Boarding School Student
Dunn School sophomore Danielle tals about improved confidence and discussion abilities that come from Dunn’s small, intimate classes.
Read MoreDunn Head Mike Beck Explains: Why Dunn?
Dunn School head Mike Beck talks about some of the larger ideas and philosophies that drive Dunn and that Dunn works to impart to its students.
Read MoreA Guided Tour of Villanova Preparatory School
Sharing their insights and observations, two Villanova Prep students touch on everything from academics to athletics during this tour of campus.
Read MoreA Guided Tour of Dunn School
Christy Davidge, Dunn, Associate Director of Admission, takes you on a tour of campus. Dunn’s a coed boarding & day school in Los Olivos, CA. Academically, Dunn students benefit from small classes with 12-14 students; hands-on and interactive learning; practice or learning by doing and a faculty who work together as one. Dunn juniors work [...]
Read MoreLearning at Dunn School
More than just a varied curriculum, Dunn recognizes and serves a diversity of students with courses that fit different kinds of learners.
Read MoreGrowing your school’s food
Katie Isaacson talks about the role that Midland School’s organic garden plays in the school community. Midland (a coed boarding school in Los Olivos, CA) cultivates 10 acres for both production and education. The school eats seasonally from the farm bounty putting-up by freezing or canning the surplus. A chalk board in the dining hall charts produce [...]
Read MoreA Guided Tour of Stevenson School
Learn from a Stevenson School junior about the opportunities & strengths of a Stevenson education.
Read MoreThe Contributions that Chinese Students Bring to Boarding Schools
Over the break offered some quiet time to catch-up on reading and a chance to work on posts that might require some digestion and rumination. This brings me to Idylwild Arts Academy president Brian D. Cohen’s response to two recent articles, “Chinese Students Lose as U.S. Schools Exploit Need” and “The China Conundrum,” each of [...]
Read MoreCate School Part Of Heart Health Study
You may know that we also cover items, topics, and happenings for the Western Boarding Schools Association’s blog. I call attention to a story on Cate School that I wrote this morning on the WBSA’s blog (Cate School To Study Adolescent and Young Adult Hearts). It’s just too interesting and important to miss. Briefly, Cate students [...]
Read MoreDon’t Become the Difficult Parent
The college placement office is one of the quiet, but most important support pieces of a boarding school education. Boarding school college placement offices, and the students they support, benefit from a bounty of resources and experiences. A boarding school college placement office works full-time; works with a very healthy (read low) officer to student [...]
Read MoreChinese-American Student Exchange: It’s a mutual two way highway across the Pacific
We hear much about Chinese students looking to America for education options ranging from boarding school to college. An interesting short article in the Marin Independent Journal last week shows the pan pacific cross cultural and cross educational interest is a two way process. In “Marin Voice: Marin schools can lead the trend toward Asia,” [...]
Read MoreWhat Will You Do With Your Child’s Moment in Time?
I recently took at peak in the door of the Hall of Life in our (The Webb Schools’) Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology. Its renovation is nearing its end but I just couldn’t resist a look. Without divulging the details of what will certainly be a glorious new exhibit hall, I will say that I [...]
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