"PG Year"
Football 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 South Kent School
I love going back in time at a school like South Kent. South Kent School boys live and work in a family-style, structured, boarding school community. South Kent has a powerful program that builds strong relationships between students and faculty. As each student gains new friendships, respect for each other, and academic confidence, he gains [...]
Read MoreBy Way of Education: Craig Smith- From Los Angeles, to Worcester Academy, Back To LA
Los Angeles Sentinel writer Brian W. Carter chronicles NBA center Craig Smith’s achievements- moves that have take him from Los Angeles, to Worcester Academy, to Boston College, and, now, back to LA as a member of the the NBA’s Clippers. Smith appreciates the life and gifts that his talent and the NBA have given him [...]
Read MoreThe Academic+Athletic Post Graduate Student Combination Done Right
It’s no secret that the grade improving, transcript burnishing, transcript mills that work to qualify students for NCAA division I athletic programs have been newsmakers of late. The stories leave us all shaking our heads at the complicity and willful ignorance of coaches and schools. On the flip side, competitive men’s basketball and football teams [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Bridgton Academy
Chris Webb, Bridgton Academy (Bridgton, ME), Director of Admission, elucidates how the academic, social, and athletic of their post graduate population shape Bridgton’s programs. The school’s the only prep school for postgraduate young men. All of Bridgton’s students hold high school diplomas and they (and their families) have come to the decision that an extra [...]
Read MoreInsight Into High Level Prep School Basketball
Lots of us in the boarding school world have some degree of familiarity with high level prep school basketball. By this I mean teams with 2, 3 or more players whose programs include preparing to play NCAA Division 1 college basketball and possibly professional basketball. The number of outstanding college and professional players with prep [...]
Read MoreBridgton Academy Offers Year-Round Lacrosse for Post Graduate Boys
Through its year-round lacrosse program, Bridgton Academy (Bridgton, ME)- a post graduate student only boys boarding school- offers a great opportunity for focused lacrosse players working toward high-level collegiate competition. Students in the program work and grow through Bridgton’s college preparation academics along with fall and spring lacrosse seasons. The Wolverine lacrosse team plays nine [...]
Read MoreFour Year Degree Completion: Myth and Endangered Species
We published “A Post Graduate Year; what’s that?” a few years back that’s read and cited on a regular basis. Several recent studies, articles, and their statistics continue lending support and credence to the possibilities of a PG year for some students. These three articles and their statistical citations paint a picture of just how [...]
Read MorePrepLaxRecruits: A new prep school lacrosse blog!
Zack Lehman, head varsity boys lax coach at Gould Academy just started a new prep school lacrosse blog, PrepLaxRecruits. It’s got a good focus and premise as prep school lacrosse folks are a dedicated and focused bunch. Lehman’s published mission: If you are a boarding school lacrosse coach or a student interested in applying to [...]
Read MoreGap Year Spreads
First up- The Gap Year Comes to Canada, seems that American style gap year of work/internship/travel/community service is gaining a foothold in Canada. Two items of note in this piece: 1. Canadian universities are participating in and sanctioning gap year programs. 2. The first comment regarding the necessity of setting parental limits for their kids’ [...]
Read MoreFluidity is the Order of American Higher Education: Moving Beyond the High School Graduation-Four Year Undergraduate Model
A few years back I wrote piece about spending a post graduate year in boarding school before moving on to college- “A Post Graduate Year; what’s that?” The reasons for pursuing a PG year proved consistent among the students and families choosing an extra year of high school- graduating young, improving maturity, more academic preparation, [...]
Read MoreNCAA Division I Basketball as Family Affair: Conflict and Compromise
Playing for dad at any level has it’s ups and downs. At the University of Rhode Island, wife & mom, Cindy Baron makes the father-son/coach-player tandem of Coach Jim Baron and player Jimmy Baron work. The friction seems particularly difficult in this story as the blunt, workaholic Coach Baron is driven not to favor his [...]
Read MoreWorking to Overcome
Talk about perspective. Sports suffer from overuse as metaphor and insight into the model for life. But, in this story, athletics is an end not the philosophy, thinking, or means and the latter three provide the crux of the story. Kevin Laue plays basketball at Fork Union Military Academy. FUMA plays great basketball- teams [...]
Read MoreA Consultant’s Impressions of The Winchendon School
My notes from a recent visit to The Winchendon School… I didn’t expect to be so taken by the beautiful campus; beyond beauty, the campus boasts a golf course, new academic building and new ice hockey rink. The student body appears very diverse and multicultural. Winchendon is working to expand the strength of its boys [...]
Read MoreThe Athletic Post-Graduate (PG) Year
A friend of ours recently sent us an article by Rick Gosselin of The Dallas Morning News. Gosselin’s piece, “Hargrave Military Academy has prepped plenty for NFL” (published April 10, 2008) focuses on the success, meaning, and importance of Hargrave Military Academy‘s post-graduate program to high caliber athletes- many of whom have gone on to [...]
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