"New Hampton School Blog"
From China to the NFL (via New Hampton)
You’ll appreciate the story of how a Chinese student came to New Hampton and then found encouragement and success from a teacher/coach.
Read MoreNational 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 MoreWhy Elite High School Basketball Players Flock to New England Prep Schools
At a party over the holidays (in Oxford, MS mind you), boarding schools came into the conversation, then the University of Michigan (via an alumnus), then Mitch McGary; then, before you know it, I was into a quick history and explication of prep school basketball. I shared the role it fills in the pre-collegiate space, [...]
Read MoreGreat Prep School Basketball Teams To Appear On ESPN
ESPN’s 2011-12 GEICO ESPNHS Basketball Showcase confirms just how good New England prep school basketball is (watch the clip above from last year’s New England championship). Five New England boarding school teams appeared in the Five Star Preseason Top 25. Four of them, St. Mark’s School, Tilton School, New Hampton School, and Brewster Academy are scheduled [...]
Read MoreNew England Boarding School Basketball Dominates Five Star Preseason Top 25
Basketball is almost here. (College basketball is here; I’ve been to two home games already.) And, as coverage of high school sports and the recruiting game has increased over the years, now, we have year-round prep basketball coverage- so far beyond the old USAToday high school polls that it’s scary. Things have changed. It used [...]
Read More“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” Inspires a School Community
William Kamkwamba co-author (with journalist Bryan Mealer) of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope will speak at New Hampton School‘s 191st convocation. Kamkwamba is something of the living embodiment of self-taught, creativity that can lead to simple, elegant solutions. He grew up on his family farm in Masitala Village. [...]
Read MoreHow could you not root for Ed Cooley to succeed as head coach at Providence College?
A follow-up on our March post covering Ed Cooley’s (New Hampton School ’89) appointment as Providence College basketball coach. This past week, Cooley took ESPN’s Andy Katz on a tour of southside Providence where he grew up. Cooley observed in his introductory press conference, “home means everything to me.”(ESPN) Cooley takes Katz, and viewers, through [...]
Read MoreThe Lasting Power of a Boarding School Education: New Hampton Alumnus Gives $2 million
Dean Jacobson, chair of New Hampton School’s current capital campaign pledged $2 million toward the construction of a new ice hockey center. The backstory of Jacobson’s reconnection and commitment to New Hampton is testament to the lasting power, and influence, of boarding school education. After his 1968 graduation, Jacobson did not return to the New [...]
Read MoreNH Boarding School Student Earns Perfect Score
Boe Vachiraprasith (New Hampton School ’11) correctly answered every question on this year’s American Invitational Math Examination. Approximately 10,000 sit for the AIME annually with fewer than two handfuls earning a perfect score in any year. Of Vachiraprasith, New Hampton math department chair, Justin Freeman says: “Boe is in a very select group of high [...]
Read MoreStoneleigh-Burnham School Adopts the IB
Stoneleigh-Burnham School (Greenfield, MA) joins the growing list of American boarding schools adopting the International Baccalaureate program to shape their acdemic programs. Stoneleigh becomes the third girls boarding school, and the first in New England girls boarding school, to adopt the IB. Stoneleigh is currently wrapping up its IB accredidation and adoption process. SB-S will [...]
Read MoreCuonzo Martin, New Hampton School ’91, Named Tennessee Men’s Basketball Coach
Talk about a good stretch for New Hampton School alums. Cuonzo Martin is the second grad hired to head an NCAA Division I program within the week. Ed Cooley at Providence College is the other. Martin comes to the University of Tennessee from the head job at Missouri State. His earlier coaching stops include working [...]
Read MoreEd Cooley, New Hampton ’89, Named Providence College Basketball Coach
We learned of this via a tweet from New Hampton School and wanted to pass it along to fans of high level boarding school basketball. After graduating from New Hampton in 1989, Ed Cooley played at Stonehill College- beginning his climb through the coaching ranks after graduation. Providence athletics director Bob Driscoll describes the hiring (Providence [...]
Read MoreCongratulations to AdmissionsQuest Schools in New England Basketball Championships
UPDATED (3/8/11) Girls Basketball: We send congratulations to our AdmissionsQuest schools whose girls basketball teams participated in, and in two cases won, their respective New England championship tournaments. The Class A NEPSAC girls tournament featured three AdmissionsQuest member schools, Tabor Academy (Class A champions), Noble & Greenough, and New Hampton. Class B- Brooks School & [...]
Read MoreHear What’s New at New Hampton School
At the TABS (The Association of Boarding Schools) conference we found a few minutes catch-up on campus happening at several schools. We asked each interviewee to tell viewers about something new on campus for 2010-2011. Our first video post from TABS, features New Hampton School admission director Suzanne Buck talking about the arrival of the [...]
Read MoreIB Boarding Schools Offer Scholarships To Exceptional Students
We count several IB boarding schools among our AdmissionsQuestPro schools and we’ve covered the IB adoption at New Hampton School. Two of our member schools recently announced scholarship programs for talented IB students (IB Scholarships for Boarding Schools). At Annie Wright School (Tacoma, WA), where all students take IB courses: “…Extremely bright students can take [...]
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