"Cushing Academy"
Boarding School Olympians: Vancouver 2010
It’s time for our bi-annual boarding school olympians post.
We spent a few minutes finding as many boarding school athletes as we could competing in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. We never cease to be amazed at the places and realms in which boarding school alumni participate.
Here’s our list. We don’t advertise it as exhaustive; if [...]
Considering Prep School Hockey?
Over at Hockey Journal, Andrew Merritt has posted a good primer on prep school hockey and how families and students might consider it, “Path to Success.”
As a primer it includes some background and history on the prep school game and its current state. He drops names and includes comments from a host of current, well-known [...]
A Completely Fun and Indulgent Note From Our Office
My wife, Virginia Cornelius, has been honored as the Mississippi teaching winner of 10th Annual 2007-08 Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement. She teaches Calculus, pre-calculus, and algebra at Lafayette County High School here in Oxford, MS. Working through her nomination she received some great letters from her past students. She’s most appreciative of her students [...]
Read MoreDon’t Forget Day Students
We write so often about boarding schools and boarding students that we lose sight that almost every boarding school has a day student component and that day students make significant contributions to boarding school life. In some ways, day student participation and contribution comes at some personal sacrifice. Transitioning to a boarding community [...]
Read MoreA Consultant’s Impressions of Cushing Academy
If Cushing Academy (Ashburnham, MA) is not on your radar screen it should be!
In a recent visit to Cushing I encountered a warm and friendly campus with a vast array of opportunities and encouragement for both students and faculty.
Dr. James Tracy, the new Cushing head has brought to campus an emphasis on being global citizens with [...]
