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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

“When I was still small enough to fit in the sun-drenched space between the armoire and the couch, I sat cross-legged and spun the world.” “There I was, hanging from the precipice, muscles trembling, fingers aching, sweat dripping onto my spotter twenty feet below.” “On one hot night in a ... Read More

Digital SAT (dSAT) or ACT? Students applying to colleges that require standardized testing scores must decide whether to take the Digital SAT (dSAT) or the ACT, which is now available as both a digital test format and a paper-and-pencil test format -- students get to choose their preferred format. All ... Read More