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National Association Director Marks onBoarding School’s 500th Post
Editor’s Note: For our 500th blog post, we invited friend and Independent Educational Consultants Association, Executive Director, Mark Sklarow to comment and reflect on onBoarding Schools’ contributions to families and the larger boarding school community.
Many thanks, Mark, for the kind words.
For those who live, eat and breathe boarding schools on a regular basis, [...]
An Educational Consultant’s Impressions of Middlesex School
A truly beautiful campus in Concord, Massachusetts, Middlesex School centers around an open quad with beautiful brick buildings. I was fortunate to visit on an inviting, snow covered day (not the pleasant summer shot to the right).
It’s exam week and I saw countless student groups studying together.
The library seemed full to capacity. Informal [...]
Northfield Mount Hermon School Sells Northfield Campus
After consolidating campuses two campuses into one in 2005, Northfield Mount Hermon School announced the sale of its dormant Northfied campus to Hobby Lobby. The deal closed this past Monday.
“…Our transaction with Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma City-based corporation with a commitment to supporting Christian missions, closed on December 14, 2009.
Hobby Lobby intends to facilitate [...]
Green Faculty Housing with Roots in Historic Homage
It’s interesting to note that in all of our reading and coverage we’ve talked about student green efforts and new school buildings, but until now, we’ve seen one example of green faculty housing at Cate School.
Here’s a second example at a boarding school.
Christchurch School, working with New World Home, aim to bring environmentally sustainable design [...]
Mrs. Richardson, do I get points for trying Marmite?
I have been thinking a lot, lately, about the value of trying new things. In my capacity as Director of the International and ESL programs at Kents Hill, I am constantly amazed at the myriad encounters that my ESL and international students have with new things, each and every day. They are bombarded [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Dublin School
Community. Force me to chose a single word to describe Dublin School, I’d say ‘Community’ ranks #1 on my list.
Students & faculty talked about it with great passion during my campus visit last year and Sheila Bogan, Dublin’s Director of Admission, reinforced why the school’s small boarding community makes Dublin a special place in our [...]
An Educational Consultant Visits Eagle Hill School
Eagle Hill School (Hardwick, MA) educates eighth through twelfth grade students with learning (dis)abilities, including Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Faculty are committed to providing an intimate and individualized course of study for each student within a traditional boarding school setting. I found the community to be both encouraging and supportive, honoring the individual, valuing learning [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant Visits Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy is a place where students come to learn about learning. I got a real sense of community in a large college-like setting. Students hustling to classes on their bikes; students running to sports; students in classes were fully engaged around Harkness tables. Each student is expected to play an important [...]
Read MoreBath Shout: Student Produced Podcasts Capture Hyde School (Bath, ME) Campus Vibe
Nicolas Figueroa, a senior from Spain, hosts “Bath Shout,” periodic podcasts covering current happenings and life on Hyde School’s Bath, ME campus. The tone and organization of “Bath Shout” nicely captures all of the different things happening simultaneously at Hyde.
At school, things don’t happen one event at time. So many events overlap; kids [...]
A November Dusting…
How picture perfect New England is this? Enjoy this photo taken today of a light dusting of snow on Kents Hill School’s campus.
Photo credit: Kents Hill School
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Impressions of The Thacher School
The Thacher School has to be one of the BEST “Hidden Secret” Boarding Schools nationwide.
What is not to like about this wonderful school? It’s in a breathtaking setting. They have their own orchard where we were able to pick up avocados, and a superb geographic location.
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit. My tour [...]
A 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.
This time [...]
Photos from My Trip to Tabor Academy
Last week I posted a video of my tour of Tabor Academy (A Tour of Tabor Academy). While we walked around campus, I snapped a number of photos for cutaway shots and posted the full roll to our Flickr account.
I embedded the entire collection in the gallery below:
A Tour of Tabor Academy
Nothing like the perspective of a current student to get to know a school.
Debby, a four year Tabor Academy student, took me on a tour and was kind enough to let me bring along my flip to capture each location on film.
She did a terrific job introducing me to campus, answering my questions and painting [...]
Kents Hill Pack Featured in Bark Magazine
What a fun piece. “The Canines of Kents Hill: A convivial pack helps students and staff alike” in September/October issue of Bark chronicles the important role of dogs on campus.
We’ve all known dogs on campuses- the roles they play and their effects on students. In my experiences, the positive contributions of dogs were always [...]
