"Wolfeboro The Summer Boarding School Blog"
Public School Budget Cuts Open Boarding School Window of Opportunity
Many readers may not know that during the late spring, I unplug much of my time from AdmissionsQuest and move back to the school-side of the admission process. For a month-and-a-half each April and May, I travel the country meeting prospective families interested in Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School. I just finished my 14th year [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Wolfeboro, The Summer Boarding School
I visited with Ed Cooper, Head of School, Wolfeboro, The Summer Boarding School during the Independent Educational Consultants Association’s Speed Meetings event.Mr. Cooper talks about where Wolfeboro is today & what families should know.
Read MoreWolfeboro- 100 Years of Focused Summer Boarding School
With summer upon us, we’d like to quickly highlight our only AQ member – and only independent school that we know of- that specializes in and is only a summer school. Wolfeboro, The Summer Boarding School reaches its 100th summer milestone with the coming session. We spoke briefly with Wolfeboro Head, Ed Cooper about Wolfeboro’s [...]
Read MoreAchievement = Practice, Practice, Practice
Organization, routines, how to organize one’s day- these are all fundamental parts of the boarding school experience. Current research tells us that they may be even more important that we think. I’ve been telling families for years, that there’s nothing magic about going to boarding school. It’s a different way of going to school with [...]
Read MoreA Visit to Three New England Boarding Schools
Family travels took us to New England last week and I had the opportunity to pay three boarding schools quick visits. Thoughts and observations: South Kent School I spent the most time at South Kent School. I’ve always enjoyed the feeling of the SKS campus- as s member of opposing teams playing SKS teams and [...]
Read MoreWolfeboro, The Summer Boarding School: Focusing on student goals
We’re happy to welcome Wolfeboro, The Summer Boarding School as our newest AQ Member School. Unique in its operation and perspective, Wolfeboro is a boarding school- but open only for one 6 1/2 week session during the summer. Using the luxury of being able to focus on each student’s specific goals during a defined session, [...]
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