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The Unsung Part of Westover School’s Green Cup Accomplishment
Westover School recently held a ribbon cutting for its newly installed 158.60 kW solar energy system.
Motivated by Green Cup Challenge competition and a school-wide commitment to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, Westover’s consumption of grid electricity has declined by 37.5%.
Creative financing- like many non-profits, Westover’s capital spending has come under pressure from market declines [...]
Hyde School: Focus on Fundamentals
NBC Connecticut reporter Brad Drazen published a piece titled “A School to Shape Character as Well as Mind.”
While we’ve covered Hyde School quite a bit, one part of Drazens’ article stands out. It provides a succinct, presentation of Hyde’s fundamental belief and teaching that attitude, work ethic, and character provide the foundation from which [...]
Students Share their Perspectives on a Hyde School Education
Four Hyde School-Woodstock students share their perspectives and experiences about Hyde’s contributions to their personal and academic growth.
Ranging from a new ninth grade student to seniors preparing college applications, the students share the ways their Hyde lessons affect their daily lives and decisions and how they will carry these lessons to college and beyond.
A Vignette For Frustrated Parents
When I wore the dean of students hat at a boarding school in NH, I spent a good chunk of my time talking to parents about how their kids were doing and feeling.
From parents, the communication was often concern that their students weren’t listening, growing, and or assuming responsibilities as fast, or to as large an [...]
A Student Tour of Westminster School
Olivia and Cris take viewers on a guided tour of Westminster School.
A co-ed boarding school in Simsbury, CT, Westminster’s campus features the new 85,000 square foot Armour Academic Center which functions as the campus central hub housing offices, classrooms, an atrium meeting space, the Cole Library, a 120 seat lecture hall, a planetarium, as well as [...]
A Tour of The Ethel Walker School
Last month I visited The Ethel Walker School campus for a tour.
Lead by my tour guide, a four year student at EWS, we visited the ins and outs of the campus, gained insight through her experiences & perspectives, and learned about some great Ethel Walker traditions.
Chelsea shows viewers a girls boarding school that supports & [...]
South Kent School: Home For Deejay Brown
Good boarding schools excel at becoming home for students no matter the reason.
ESPN’s E:60 aired a story (E:60 Scared) about South Kent School student and basketball player Deejay Brown. The story hits on so much of what is good and right about boarding schools- structure, support, family.
As Deejay grows, works, and plays his way through [...]
A Headmaster’s Holiday Announcement with a Twist
Director Peter Berg (The Taft School ‘80 and “Friday Night Lights“) enlists Will Smith to deliver a video headmaster’s holiday announcement- a little star-power, fun, and an alumnus connected to the school. Fun.
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