“Cheddar, Swiss, American – I never knew Americans ate so many dairy products – so many kinds of cheese! I didn’t know what was what!” laughs an East Asian student talking about her first year at boarding school in the …
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We stumbled upon a great blog post yesterday on PopSugar—Everything You Need to Know About Sending Your Child to Boarding School. Author Eleanor Sheehan is a boarding school graduate and provides 8 reasons why boarding school was a “positive choice” …
8 Reasons from One Perspective, and We Found More! Read more »
I started Boarding School at age 13. My Mother was in finance and her big company had a toll free 800 number which allowed me to call from anywhere at no charge on my end. As long as I didn’t …
According to Weather.com, the United States has experienced its warmest winter on record. This has us thinking ahead to our student’s plans for their approaching respite from academia before diving into college apps: summer vacation. Every year we hear from …
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Recently, the responses of independent schools to reports of past abuse of students by faculty have received intense scrutiny by the news media, social media, survivors, victim’s lawyers and alumni. Why is this happening now? I believe we are in …
Each year the whole college process just gets more intimidating as ever more scholars throw their applications into America’s top colleges and universities. Acceptance rates now hover around 5 percent at the most elite colleges. Many applicants, as always, are …
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Twenty plus years ago when I worked in the admission offices at the George School (PA) and Westtown School (PA), our competition was the same schools we competed with year after year, either for day students, boarding students, or both. …
Most problems in boarding school can be solved pretty easily. Chances are you are not the only one who has encountered one, so don’t be afraid to ask for help from an adult or older student on campus. And follow …
The following is published with permission to authors David Wolowitz, J.D., McLane Middleton, P.A. and Claude Marchessault, Strategic Leadership Group, Inc. ——— Educators understand that nothing is more important than promoting the health, safety and welfare of students in a …