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Skillful teachers make all the difference. Think back to your own classroom and learning experiences over the years. Which teachers were your favorites? Which teachers had a significant positive impact on your growth and development? Which teachers pushed you in appropriately challenging ways? Which teachers really “saw” you and “heard” ... Read More

If you have a 6th grade student, this spring term and summer is a critical time to consider your 9th grade plans. Students and families interested in competitive day schools and boarding schools alike need to treat 7th grade with great care. It’s 7th grade performance that will matter the ... Read More

Raising kind, capable, competent, appropriately confident, and happy human beings is a complicated and noble endeavor. Future thinking and planning with goals in mind is how successful people operate. This discipline leads to achievement, college readiness, and lifelong learning. There’s a reason that preK-12 schools and school districts engage in ... Read More

Among the genres of writing projects that students experience in upper elementary, middle and high school, the five-paragraph essay is one of the most popular. Well, it’s popular with teachers. With students, just saying the phrase “five-paragraph essay” can evoke audible groans. For those writers, it calls to mind themes ... Read More

Whether you’re applying to Lower School, Middle School, Upper School, or College – in the United Stated or the United Kingdom – test scores matter. Immersed in these planning and post-gaming conversations daily, year-round, and year over year with parents, admissions officers, and colleagues, there is simply no doubt that ... Read More

The process of applying to colleges is an arduous one. Standardized tests, campus visits, alumni interviews, and navigating the complexities of Naviance and SCIOR all add up to hours of work, on top of the time students must spend actually doing their schoolwork. The biggest task, however, is writing the ... Read More