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Boarding School Playing for the State 4A Mississippi High School Championship
We’ve got something out of the ordinary happening here in Mississippi. Saturday at 3 PM, in Jackson, the St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaws play the Lafayette County High School Commodores for the 2009 Class 4A football championship. The Rock-A-Chaws and the Commodores are the south and north half champions respectively. Other than the fact that I live [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Impressions of Mercersburg Academy!
Mercersburg Academy students were happy, down-to-earth and very comfortable in their rural, family-like setting. They have a very diverse campus where they emphasize the value of community and collaboration, while offering a very challenging academic curriculum and many extracurricular options both in visual and performing arts, music, athletics, robotics, clubs and they open doors beyond [...]
Read MoreGritti Brings World of Experience to Kents Hill School Football
Steve Gritti’s travels as coach through the professional and collegiate ranks have now brought him to Kents Hill School where he’s taken over as head coach. So how does a coach with professional and collegiate coaching experience come to Kents Hill? Jim Smucker, Kents Hill AD told the Kennebec Journal (Gritti Brings Intensity to Huskies): [...]
Read MoreA Freshman Finds His Way: First Days at The Webb School
Editor’s note: James joins onBoarding Schools as a contributor for the 2009-2010 academic year. A new student at The Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN, James offers his insight and commentary into the world of a 9th grade boarding school student- what it’s like, the challenges, and what’s great about it. Well I’m finally at [...]
Read MorePawling to Palo Alto: Shane Skov Hits the Field for the Cardinal
Mark Purdy of The San Jose Mercury News published a profile of Trinity-Pawling Alumnus and Stanford Freshman, Shane Skov in last Wednesday’s paper (Stanford’s Interesting Freshman). Purdy chronicles Skov’s development as an American football player in Mexico, to Trinity-Pawling School and now to Stanford. “…From south of the border … to east of the Catskills… [...]
Read MoreTrinity-Pawling Alumnus Dillon Quinn Joins the Boston College Defensive Line
Just a couple of months removed from Trinity-Pawling School, Dillon Quinn fights to learn the techniques and discipline of becoming a sound, major college defensive lineman. Boston College defensive coordinator Bill McGovern told the Boston Globe (Quinn Could Offer Eagles Raw Power): “He’s an interesting kid. Obviously, he’s physically imposing. But like any young guy [...]
Read MoreMyron Rolle on CNN
Myron Rolle paid a quick visit to CNN this morning touching on topics ranging from the NFL draft, education versus money, the possibilities of being an MD and life as role model. For those new to this story, Mr. Rolle is a Hun School alumnus, Florida State graduate, Florida State football player, potential NFL first [...]
Read MoreMyron Rolle talks with ESPN about his Rhodes Scholarship, the NFL & Beyond.
For the past few months, Brian tracked Florida State’s (& The Hun School‘s) Myron Rolle and his application for a Rhodes Scholarship during the heart of the college football season. If you missed his posts, you can read them here & here. Just this week Myron formally announced his decision to postpone entering the NFL [...]
Read MorePrep School Football Gains International Flavor
It’s been said for some time that America’s greatest export is our culture- movies, entertainment and sports (I first came across this notion at a talk given by the economist John Kenneth Galbraith more than 20 years ago). What’s interesting is that, as we export our culture, and a larger body of people begin living [...]
Read MoreA Special Player Finds a Different Route to Stanford and NCAA BCS Football
Don’t miss the Sports Illustrated story about Trinity Pawling School student Shayne Skov and the international route he’s taking to Stanford football. Suffice to say, the story begins in California, moves to Mexico, back to California, to New York, and back to California. Include international living, personal growth, academic ability, athleticism and the serendipitous connections [...]
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