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Getting to Know Western Reserve Academy through the Eyes of its Head of School
Western Reserve Academy alumnus and head Christopher Burner lives and breathes his school. In our chat, he touches on Western Reserve’s traditional boarding school format in a somewhat non-traditional boarding school location-Ohio. Western Reserve is fully connected and students participate daily in the life of Hudson- “a great town.” I can attest to this- drop [...]
Read MoreWhy Should a US Family Consider a Canadian Boarding School?
Clayton Johnston, Director of Admission, Brentwood College School explores the reasons and opportunities that can make a Canadian boarding school the best option for American students. American families that choose a Canadian boarding school, Johnson argues, come at their school choices from a more adventurous angle. Canadian schools offer American students the chance to be [...]
Read MoreCatching up on Avon Old Farms: A Quick Minute with an Associate Director of Admission
Yesterday I spoke with a group of private school administrators about how admission offices can fold social media into their outreach to build stronger relationships with families. The session (part of a mid-week conference hosted by Finalsite), took place on the campus of Avon Old Farms School- an all-boys boarding schools; grades 9-12, PG in [...]
Read MoreEight Questions to Help Families Get to the Heart of How a School Works With Students
Families visiting AdmissionsQuest refer continually to our library of articles and resources regarding the private school admission process. With cyclical admission calendars, good tried and true references and advice stand the tests of time. Fresh views and new insight prove hard to come by in the routine of admission cycles. We’ve got some fresh views [...]
Read MoreThoughts from a Boarding School Business Office
Boarding school business and financial officers work in the shadows of their academic counterparts. Often their offices are remotely located away from a school’s academic, athletic, and residential life offices reinforcing an implied separateness between the school’s educational mission and monetary realities. With the past couple of years pushing boarding school dollars & sense into [...]
Read MoreProctor Academy: Spring Family Weekend 2010
Proctor has done a nice job capturing the rhythms and feel of their spring 2010 Family Weekend. Proctor Academy is built on relationships of all types- not just student and faculty- valuing and embracing its entire extended family- moms, dads, faculty, students, staff, grandparents, faculty kids. Each member of the Proctor family supports every other [...]
Read MoreThe Association of Boarding Schools Nominated for a Webby Award
Congratulations to The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) for earning a Webby Awards People’s Voice nomination for their website- www.boardingschools.com. Launched last year, the new TABS site provides families with an excellent source of information about the close to 300 boarding schools that comprise their membership. You can cast your vote for TABS by visiting [...]
Read MoreFive Years of Planing Culminates In New Future and Plan For SSATB
Working to focus and best serve particular mission areas of independent schools, SSAT announced the establishment of the Consortium for Independent Education (CIE). The CIE will create focused bodies to serve and reflect the increasingly complex missions and market demands of independent schools and their families. Five service groups will comprise the the CIE: The [...]
Read MoreLoomis Chaffee Moves $3.3 million Closer to Fulfillment of $10 million Financial Aid Initiative
Yesterday Loomis Chaffee School announced a $3.3 million anonymous financial aid gift. The gift completes one-third of a $10 million push to increase financial aid and ensure that “a Loomis Chaffee education remains accessible to academically talented students from around the world, regardless of their family’s ability to pay tuition. ” ($3.3 Million Financial Aid [...]
Read MoreWest Nottingham Academy: Speaking to Students through On-demand Printing
This isn’t something I’ve done before, but I was so impressed by West Nottingham Academy‘s new view book that I put together this tour. WNA has adopted a one-off custom approach to printing view books for prospective families allowing the school to tailor the book to the interests of each individual student. This custom one-off [...]
Read MoreProctor Academy’s Overseas Program Featured on Kearsarge Valley Magazine Television Show
Proctor Academy students shared their French experiences with Kearsarge Valley host Judy Wallace. Nine Proctor students lived and studied in Brittany for nine weeks as part of Proctor’s France Experiential Program. Living with local host families, Proctor students experienced local customs and cultures and, of course, took several trips to cultural and natural sites throughout [...]
Read MoreNational 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, [...]
Read MorePrep School Admission & Financial Aid Decisions Arrive in the Next Few Days
In prep school admission and financial aid, it’s good to be ready for anything. With first round admission and financial aid letters due to arrive to families in the next few days, it’s time think about perspectives, plans, and responses depending on the offers you receive from schools. It’s always best to have one’s ducks [...]
Read MorePrivate School A Special Opportunity- Not A Signifier of Social Status
Peter Baron of AdmissionsQuest forwarded an e-mail to me today from a woman wondering how open her children should be with their peers about their prep school applications and asking whether I thought the parents academic credentials carried any weight in the admissions process. The question of how open to be is a sensitive one. [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Oldfields School
Parnell Hagerman, Associate Head, Oldfields School explores the practices & perspectives that help Oldfields reach every student in “very significant ways.” Faculty dedication provides the foundation for the success and achievement for every Oldfields girl. They live their commitment to students through extra time and effort they make each day all the way through to [...]
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