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Starting the Year Off Right: Communicating with Your Roommate

Celeste Brooks at Randolph-Macon Academy has posted, “Boarding School: 12 Ways to Ease into Living with a Roommate, Part 2,” the second half of her school arrival piece. Again, she’s hit some topics that we haven’t paid quite so much attention to in our writings. This second installment looks directly at strategies, and ways, to [...]

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A Successful Year Begins with Successful Communication: Tips from Randolph Macon-Academy

Thanks to Cleseste Brooks of Randolph-Macon Academy for making us think on this front. She penned her first installment of “Boarding School: 12 Ways to Ease Into Living With a Roommate, Part 1,” where she puts more emphasis on the personal, and interpersonal, parts of arriving to school in the fall. We’ve written extensively over [...]

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She’s a Leader: Randolph-Macon Academy names first first female Corps Commander

On August 24, 2010, Allyson Doran became the first female opening day Corps Commander at Randolph-Macon Academy. She was kind enough to share her story about how she came to the position and the qualities she brings to the rank. Brian Fisher (BF): How did you come to RMA?  Were you interested in military school/living [...]

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Our last post showcasing the top vote getters for AdmissionsQuest for the Best Student Video brings us to Randolph-Macon Academy. Check back tomorrow at Noon to learn the contest’s first runner-up and winner. Again, our thanks to all of the students for producing such terrific videos.

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An Embodiment of Service: Randolph-Macon Academy Teacher Shapes and Shares the Value of Community Service

Stephanie Portillo, a Spanish teacher at Randolph-Macon Academy recently received the Air Force Association’s Medal of Merit and the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ National Citizenship Education Teacher Award. She has taken her personal dedication to her students. Drawing on her own school service experiences, she now works to instill the understandings and responsibilities of volunteering [...]

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