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Boarding School Student Selected in the First Round of the MLB Draft
<iframe src=”http://blip.tv/play/hZNkgr_kYgI.html” width=”480″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe><embed type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://a.blip.tv/api.swf#hZNkgr_kYgI” style=”display:none”></embed> The Toronto Blue Jays selected Lawrence Academy‘s Tyler Beede with 21st pick in yesterday’s baseball draft. Beede knew being selected in the draft was coming (see the NESN video above). Now, for the big decision, Beede has to choose between Vanderbilt University and the Blue Jays. [...]
Read MoreMLB Draft Seeks Once-In-A-Generation ISL Baseball Talent
Pitching in the Independent School League, or, ISL is in a renaissance and it looks like some boarding school talent will go in the early rounds of today’s amateur baseball draft. Amalie Benjamin covers the story in today’s Boston Globe, “Pitchers Make Area A target: Scouts high on locals in draft,” writing about the wealth [...]
Read MoreFootball Signing Day: Boarding School Flavor
I can’t find a good, single list of boarding school players who signed today, but I found something close. ESPNBoston has a list of Massachusetts players scheduled to sign today. It lists high school and college with whom they’re signing. It’s missing some of the Western New England schools and looks like it might short [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Notes on Lawrence Academy
Each time I visit a school, I sketch notes that captures what I saw & my impressions. I’m sharing my notes from my recent time on Lawrence Academy‘s campus. One quick item before you dive in: to give some context to the school’s Winterim Program, I grabbed a descriptive paragraph from LA’s website. Notes: Lawrence [...]
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 [...]
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