2016-12-19 16:15
Understanding Private School Financial AidAs we’re just about three weeks out from the predominate January 10, or thereabout, financial aid application deadlines, this is a great to ti… Read More
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2016-12-16 17:10
What Do Teenagers Want? Potted Plant Parents. (NYT)
At Wolfeboro, The Summer Boarding School, we have a phrase and practice- the power of presence. By which, we mean simply being present a… Read More
2016-12-15 18:07
Admission directors of the Mid-Atlantic Boarding School Group — Blair Academy (NJ), Mercersburg Academy (PA), St. Andrew’s School (DE), Episcopal High School (VA), and Peddie Sc… Read More
2016-12-13 20:52
Trinity-Pawling School Annual Candlelight Service.
If you’re a boarding school, or private school, alumnus you probably have some strong memories around particular annual events, rites… Read More
2016-12-12 17:59
Before going any further, I have to say that the single biggest issue over the years around the traditional January 10 (or thereabouts) admission and financial aid application deadlines that… Read More
2016-12-06 19:24
As fall comes to close, we’d like to devote a bit of copy congratulating AdmissionsQuest schools whose football teams either, won their championship, or played into their respective pl… Read More
2016-12-02 17:07
I learned about Community School’s Outdoor Leadership Academy (OLA) this past summer and was struck by the idea that OLA was a set of high school experiences that its graduates could a… Read More
2016-12-01 16:36
Editor’s note (1): Download our free ebook Understanding Private School Financial Aid to help guide your financial aid process.
Editor’s note (2): This is our annual crunch-time… Read More
2016-11-29 18:58
Trinity-Pawning School: Giving Tuesday 2016
Today is great day to think about giving back to your school. I received my Giving Tuesday reminder from my alma mater (Trinity-Pawling) this morn… Read More
2016-11-29 14:30
Three words come to mind after my Stevenson School visit: community, collaboration, creativity.
My Tour Guide was exceptional! A knowledgeable, Junior boarding student, she had a passion for… Read More
2016-11-17 22:43
Fessenden School iLab
Accepting, considerate, compassionate, cooperative, dedicated, determined, energetic, enthusiastic, fun-loving, intellectual, open, organized, self-confident, supportiv… Read More
2016-11-03 13:43
Veteran journalist Lauren Gilger — known for her work covering small communities — recently captured The Orme School’s sense of community and history in her story… Read More
2016-10-31 22:45
A couple of weeks back, I wrote Learn How to Use Your Campus Tour and Interview to Your Advantage. As we move further into the campus tour and interview season, today, I want to remind famil… Read More
2016-10-21 20:24
The 53rd Head of the Charles Regatta will be held this coming weekend.
Lots of us who are friends, acquaintances, and just plain spectators from the banks of the Charles River know the event… Read More
2016-10-13 15:53
The past couple of years have been banner years for teachers, parents, and schools interested in how students learn — brain science. Specifically and colloquially, how to practice and… Read More
2016-10-07 10:35
Tabor Academy will become a member of the Independent School League or ISL beginning fall 2017.
As the college conference athletic adage goes, ‘it’s who you play.’
Tabor is… Read More
2016-10-06 12:39
The traditional admission calendar/process is on the clock. It seems like school just started. But, the admission and financial aid application deadlines for fall 2017 are just over 90 days… Read More
2016-10-03 15:38
How does school get its most famous actor alumnus to narrate the school’s new admission video?
Just ask.
The Way Education Should Be from Brewster Academy on Vimeo.
Lynne Palmer, Brew… Read More
2016-06-01 22:22
Just a few days ago, we received this comment below our 12 Essential Tips for Students Accepted at a Private School article:
My son just got accepted into a private school and we just called… Read More
2016-05-25 14:06
Mia Ventola, Brewster Academy ninth grader, spent part of her fall volunteering for Hilary Clinton’s New Hampshire primary campaign.
Brewster history teacher T.J. Palmer has taken the… Read More
2016-05-25 01:59
School plans change, especially with the end of the academic year. With summer approaching, it can provide the final impetus toward the conclusion that “it’s time to look for a d… Read More
2016-03-22 02:21
Admission decision day doesn’t always yield exactly what every student and family hoped for.
If you’ve found yourself without a private school acceptance, you need to as… Read More
2016-03-10 21:26
Note: Updated 3/11. New videos added: St. Paul’s School, Pomfret School, & Phillips Academy
It’s admission decision day (March 10th 2016) and, in what’s an annual event… Read More
2016-03-10 21:26
Note: Updated 3/11. New videos added: St. Paul’s School, Pomfret School, & Phillips Academy
It’s admission decision day (March 10th 2016) and, in what’s an annual event… Read More
2016-03-08 16:18
In her CNN piece Pills for your kid’s ADHD? Try this instead, Peggy Drexler takes a look at how we’ve to come to easily default to pharmacology when treating ADHD (it works; kids… Read More
2016-02-19 18:14
Variable Tuition is arriving in the private school marketplace.
Tuitions require a significant family investment and schools recognize that it benefits them to make their seats accessible to… Read More
2016-02-19 18:01
One of the best parts of boarding and private school is the reading list one works through from ninth grade to twelfth grade.
Great reading, writing, and discussion often come with smaller S… Read More
2016-02-08 16:59
Rick Dennison, offensive coordinator, Denver Broncos
I came across this interesting boarding school angle in last night’s Super Bowl.
Denver Broncos offensive coordinator, Rick Denniso… Read More
2016-02-08 16:59
Rick Dennison, offensive coordinator, Denver Broncos
I came across this interesting boarding school angle in last night’s Super Bowl.
Denver Broncos offensive coordinator, Rick Denniso… Read More
2016-02-01 16:24
I knew High Mowing School from my days as boarding school faculty member in northern New England. I know High Mowing is Waldorf boarding high school, but I didn’t know what that meant… Read More
2016-01-21 19:30
Over the years, I’ve always been a big fan of boarding schools that offer opportunities for students to work with their hands- to labor. I’m a boarding school alumnus who discove… Read More
2016-01-14 19:32
We’ve been helping families and private schools connect for sixteen years — through more than 300 articles, 1,300 blog posts, five e-books, and replies to countless questio… Read More
2015-12-08 23:14
Landmark School, Swalm Science Center (foreground) and Governor’s Landing Math Building (background)
Editor’s note- Marylou spends time each fall visiting boarding school campuse… Read More
2015-12-07 18:44
Editor’s note- Marylou spends time each fall visiting boarding school campuses individually and as part of educational consultant group tours. In what’s become an annual series… Read More
2015-12-02 22:55
Katherine M. Titus Named Mercersburg’s Seventh Head of School
David O. Frantz ’60, President of Mercersburg Academy’s Board of Regents, announced yesterday that the board h… Read More
2015-11-16 15:07
Modern boarding school heads face an amazing array of time and intellectual demands- everything from the school’s daily operation; to strategic planning; to fundraising; to attending m… Read More
2015-11-13 16:07
We keep coming back to the quality, strength, and lasting influence of boarding school faculty. Faculty strength comes up repeatedly when you listen, alumni, current and past parents, and… Read More
2015-11-06 15:19
Tabor math teacher, Tim Cleary and Tabor Senior, Molly Bent
A full eight-week Special Olympics program will begin on Tabor’s campus this coming January 2016.
The arrival of Special Oly… Read More
2015-11-04 14:11
An OECD study, Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection gives parents and educators some data, and questions to consider, when we think about, and make decisions, around compu… Read More
2015-10-30 19:10
Purnell School, like a lot of private boarding and day schools, found that it needed to ask itself a good number of questions during, and after, the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
Suddenly, par… Read More
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