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Senator Charles Mathias, Trinity-Pawling School Alumnus Dies
Charles Mathias, the three term Maryland Senator and classic “party of Lincoln” Republican died this past Monday.
Noted for his “bold stances that were often at odds with the prevailing views of his party” and his unwillingness to participate in the Southern Strategy Senator Mathias practiced an honesty and belief that sometimes put him at odds [...]
Trinity-Pawling School Architecture Noted in Sunday’s New York Times
Trinity-Pawling School’s campus received mention this past Sunday in Christopher Gray’s article “Designing for High and Low.”
Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker have written a monograph, The Architecture of Grosvenor Atterbury. Atterbury’s work included everything from vernacular to to high design with a focus on cities.
“…By the time Atterbury died in 1956, his practice encompassed a [...]
Boarding Schools Acting on Climate Change: Blog Action Day 2009
Who would’ve imagined a few years back that you could so easily unite and share thousands of voices and perspectives on a single day.
Today, 10/15/2009, Blog Action Day, is dedicated to addressing and covering climate change. As part of Blog Action Day 2009, we’d like to highlight the AdmissionsQuest schools that are working to [...]
It’s All in the Effort
Woody Allen was almost right in his famous declaration, “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” While we certainly have to arrive to be successful, it turns out effort and experimentation are the keys to success once we’ve made it into the room or on to the stage.
A recent post (How we learn) by Chuck Will, [...]
Pawling to Palo Alto: Shane Skov Hits the Field for the Cardinal
Mark Purdy of The San Jose Mercury News published a profile of Trinity-Pawling Alumnus and Stanford Freshman, Shane Skov in last Wednesday’s paper (Stanford’s Interesting Freshman).
Purdy chronicles Skov’s development as an American football player in Mexico, to Trinity-Pawling School and now to Stanford.
“…From south of the border … to east of the Catskills… to roaming [...]
Trinity-Pawling Alumnus Dillon Quinn Joins the Boston College Defensive Line
Just a couple of months removed from Trinity-Pawling School, Dillon Quinn fights to learn the techniques and discipline of becoming a sound, major college defensive lineman.
Boston College defensive coordinator Bill McGovern told the Boston Globe (Quinn Could Offer Eagles Raw Power):
“He’s an interesting kid. Obviously, he’s physically imposing. But like any young guy coming in, [...]
It’s Tough. But, when we acknowledge the problem, we can work with it.
From hearsay to media reporting, the subject has found the light. The economic slowdown has, and will, affect private schools and their families. In an earlier post, we noted Trinity Pawling School Headmaster, Arch Smith’s open, honest letter on the matter; his was the first public discussion from a school administrator that we’d [...]
Read MoreContracting Budgets at the Collegiate and Secondary Levels Mean Something for Everyone in Private Education
Let’s be blunt; the crazy year in the financial markets is crushing and causing a wholesale resetting of budgets in priorities for everyone in tuition based education. Collegiate losses of endowment value and income are affecting college budget priorities and decisions. Wealthy, heavily endowed colleges and universities are paring back- beginning with (most [...]
Read MoreA Special Player Finds a Different Route to Stanford and NCAA BCS Football
Don’t miss the Sports Illustrated story about Trinity Pawling School student Shayne Skov and the international route he’s taking to Stanford football.
Suffice to say, the story begins in California, moves to Mexico, back to California, to New York, and back to California. Include international living, personal growth, academic ability, athleticism and the serendipitous connections [...]
Trinity-Pawling School: A Year of Creative Dining
We came across a great story about Trinity-Pawling School’s dining hall renovation that will leave the school without a permanent dining room for the 2008-2009 academic year. The story of how the school will work through the renovation is a testament to planning and it’s just fun.
How do you feed the community while the dining [...]
