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Fresh Air Fund Summer 2010
The Fresh Air Fund is one of our favorite organizations here at AdmissionsQuest. They do great work and the opportunities they provide kids can be life changing. With summer approaching, please consider the ways that you might help Fresh Air make this coming summer special.
Donating is the easiest way.
Consider volunteering as a host [...]
MIT’s Women’s Technology Program: Summer Engineering Studies for High School Girls
It’s never too early to begin looking at summer opportunities and this is especially true if you’re a budding female scientist.
We recently read about MIT’s Women’s Technology Program – dedicated to helping girls explore engineering at the high school level.
The program works to “spark high school girls’ interest in the future study of engineering and [...]
Sims 3 & the Boarding School Mom
Now that we have had several months to play the hit video game of the summer, Sims 3, the reviews are in. And the critics are raving (at least at our house). With homework, after-school sports, and all the drama of middle school, we’re too busy for computer games these days, but somehow my Sixth [...]
Read MoreWolfeboro, The Summer Board School Centennial Celebration- a photo gallery
Wolfeboro, The Summer Boarding School held its centennial celebration back in August after school closed.
The weekend actually marked two events- the school’s centennial summer and former head Bill Cooper’s 8oth birthday. It was one of those great experiences in which, not only is an occasion being marked, but you get to marvel at the intergenerational [...]
Winding-up Packing and Shipping
With summer winding down and Labor Day just around the corner, you should have most of the stuff you need to head off to school; in fact, this is the next-to-last installment in our Prepping for the Fall series.
By now , you should be pretty much down to labeling items, shipping, and reducing your load- [...]
Prepping for Boarding School in Fall? A Few Early July To Dos
Summer is a great time to meet other students from your town or area who are part of your new school’s community.
Current students and families provide a wealth of insight and lots of details about what to expect and how things work in your new school. Call or invite them over. In our experience, current [...]
