Large Envelope, Big Decisions:
True Tales of Private School Admissions
"It’s YES! We’re In, Baby!"
When showered with multiple acceptances take a sober moment to reflect: As the real estate agents say, “Can you see yourself living here?”
Allow the school’s past performance and anecdotal reputation, combined with your parental instinct, to serve as your divining rod. A caveat about first impressions – Families who brood over ‘fitting in’ at the new school frequently evolve into the “hail, hail, cheerleader” type after a year or two of immersion.
Cure Summer Blues with Summer Do's
School’s out, they’re home and you’ve checked
off the summer To-Do’s of camps, road trips and summer reading lists.
Get a head start on the next school year with
a few neuron building activities that will engage and inspire the entire
family.
Your mission – to give them
open-ended and self-generated activities that draw on higher-level imagining,
problem solving, documenting and producing skills. Sharpen their critical thinking and academic readiness during structured and unstructured play time.
