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• Swine flu panic spreads to 3rd Nepal district

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Kathmandu, Nov 9 (IANS) Hundreds of people flocked to hospitals for tests with swine flu like symptoms while public schools were shut down for three days in a third district in western Nepal after fears of an epidemic loomed large in the region following detection of the virus in school students and security ...
  22 hours ago

• Tabor Academy’s The Log Blog

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  On recent visit to Tabor Academy ’s campus we were introduced to the school’s daily publishing vehicle The Log Blog . We love the concept. If I were a betting soul, I’d put my money on the notion that The Log Blog represents the future of school publishing. Take many of the routine publishing functions and ...
  2 days ago

• The Webb School Announces New Head of School

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  After a nationwide search, narrowing a list of more than 30 excellent candidates to three, The Webb School (a co-ed, 6-12, boarding & day school in Bell Buckle, TN) Board of Trustees announced that Raymond S. Broadhead will become Webb’s 12th Head of School. Mr. Broadhead currently serves as the Head of The ...
  2 days ago

• A November Dusting…

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  How picture perfect New England is this? Enjoy this photo taken today of a light dusting of snow on Kents Hill School ’s campus. Photo credit:  Kents Hill School
  3 days ago

• An Educational Consultant’s Impressions of The Thacher School

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  The Thacher School has to be one of the BEST “Hidden Secret” Boarding Schools nationwide. What is not to like about this wonderful school? It’s in a breathtaking setting. They have their own orchard where we were able to pick up avocados, and a superb geographic location. I thoroughly enjoyed my ...
  3 days ago

• A Window Into the Independent Educational Consultants Association Conference

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  It’s that time of year again. Less than a week until Brian & I travel to Charlotte for the Independent Educational Consultants Association Conference. Attended by educational consultants, boarding schools , colleges & therapeutic programs, the conference provides an ideal opportunity to strengthen ...
  4 days ago

• Nothing Is More Important For Kids Than a Healthy Consistent Environment

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  I heard Po Bronson with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air ( For Parents, The Return of Tough Love? ) back at the end of September and I keep thinking about it. Today, I’ve got some time to cover it. Bronson and co-author Ashley Merriman do something to which I’m very partial. They go back to the research look, ...
  6 days ago

• Bridgton Academy Offers Year-Round Lacrosse for Post Graduate Boys

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  "> Through its year-round lacrosse program, Bridgton Academy (Bridgton, ME)- a post graduate student only boys boarding school - offers a great opportunity for focused lacrosse players working toward high-level collegiate competition. Students in the program work and grow through Bridgton’s college ...
  6 days ago

• “Was this in the job description?”

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  When Peter Baron asked me to write a few words about my first few months as Head of School here at Vermont Academy , I found myself wondering where to begin. I can say that no words of advice from friends who are sitting heads, nor sessions with the great faculty at the Institute for New Heads , can truly do the ...
  1 week ago

• Midland School Receives the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA)

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  Congratulations to Midland School for receiving the prestigious Environmental and Economic Leadership Award . The award represents California’s highest environmental honor. GEELA “recognizes individuals, organizations, and businesses that have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made notable, voluntary ...
  1 week ago

• Boarding Schools For Troubled Teens

  
  Naked News — Authority: 172
  It can be frightening to be the parent of a teenager. Some kids get into serious trouble with drugs, sex, violence, and other destructive behaviors. These kids refuse to accept anyones authority over them, think they know it all, and seem to be throwing their future away. Some parents, desperate for help for their out ...
  1 week ago

• What To Know About Boarding High Schools

  
  Homeschool Facts — Authority: 462
  The question "Can boarding high schools make sense?" is often asked by parents who are contemplating packing their sons or daughters off to such schools. For various reasons, new or prospective high...
  1 week ago

• Could Boarding Schools Save Your Childs Life?

  
  Homeschool Facts — Authority: 462
  Adolescence can be a turbulent time for many teenagers. Some teens get involved in risky behaviors such as promiscuous sex, drug and alcohol abuse, gang activity, or criminal mischief. Others may...
  1 week ago

• The Importance of Local Support: The Hotchkiss School Makes $400,000 Matching Donation to Firehouse Project

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  Affirming the modern age of cooperation and shared responsibility, The Hotchkiss School recently pledged a matching gift $400,000 to the town of Salisbury, CT in support of the town’s efforts to build a new fire station. The new station will cost an estimated $3 million; the town is working to fund $1 million of ...
  1 week ago

• Trinity-Pawling School Architecture Noted in Sunday’s New York Times

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Worcester Academy Receives Thanks

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  Boarding schools sometimes have to consciously work and remember to be good neighbors. On campus students and faculty alike often become absorbed in their own routines and pursuits forgetting, omitting connections to the community surrounding the school. Read this” thank you” note regarding Worcester Academy ...
  1 week ago

• Ross School Students Try A Month of Living off the Grid

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  Ross School Seniors, Sylvia Channing (Ross Environmental Club founder) and Karen Sanchez talk about their senior project- one month living off the grid. The seniors hadn’t know each other well before embarking on the project- their common interests brought them together for the project. “The only thing we had ...
  1 week ago

• Hawaii Preparatory Academy to Become Home to Energy Lab

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  Little focuses the mind as quickly as economic realities. “Hawaii takes $7 billion from our economy for fuel alone and sends it overseas. It was reported recently that tourism spending has brought in almost $9 billion this year. We basically take a huge chunk of that income and give it away.” Robbie Alm, ...
  1 week ago

• Sims 3 & the Boarding School Mom

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  The Sims go to school, but parents cant go inside 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 ...
  1 week ago

• How is the Recession Affecting Family Decisions in Independent Schools?

  
  Boarding School Blog - onBoarding Schools — Authority: 128
  From the perspective of educational advisors, the silver lining to this recession is that client families are making decisions regarding independent schools more thoughtfully than ever. Most parents who during prosperous times were committed to sending their children to independent schools remain convinced that the ...
  2 weeks ago

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