"Cushing Academy Blog"
National Football Signing Day: A (Very) Rough Boarding School Report
I’ve done this in past but never found it so difficult to find press and announcements of boarding school players signing football letters of intent.
Read MoreBoarding School Tours: An Important Way Educational Consultants Stay Connected
We write a fair amount and answer a lot of e-mail about educational consulting- what is it and is it worth it? Our answer begins with, “well it’s more complicated than that, but, if you have a situation that warrants professional consultation, then by all means consider a consultant.” Professional evaluation can prove invaluable. One [...]
Read MoreJaime Escalante: My Hero
He was my hero. He was my Michael Jordan, my Mother Teresa, my Abraham Lincoln. If you’re not a high school math teacher, and even if you are, you might not have heard of Jaime Escalante until today. An immigrant from Bolivia who had to study English at night to earn his California teaching license, [...]
Read MoreBoarding 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 [...]
Read MoreConsidering Prep School Hockey?
Update (11/5/11): We authored an article (Prep School Hockey: There’s a place for you to play) that looks at the range of hockey programs offered by boarding schools throughout the US. Whether you aspire to play NCAA hockey or simply like to lace on skates, there’s a program for you. Over at Hockey Journal, Andrew [...]
Read MoreA 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 takes them [...]
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 [...]
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