Private School And Public Choices

March 7, 2010

There is an unending supply of stories and news articles about the admissions and application rates to private school amidst the backdrop of the economic recession. It is almost being used as a litmus test of the determination of parents who have been so vocal about Private School. In a recent article in [...]

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Safety and Schools

March 6, 2010

School safety procedures are created to protect your child and the other children and faculty within the school. Just as a concerned parent child-proofs their home in order to keep young children away from dangers, so too does a school try and create boundaries to protect even older students.
One of the most important safety [...]

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NYC Private School Waitlisted But Moving

March 5, 2010

Many schools have unofficially closed out their waitlists, telling parents who call that the upcoming admissions are now complete and no more acceptances will be made. Other schools still have their waitlists open. There seems to have been less movement off the waitlists than there has been in previous years but there are [...]

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Mark Benerofe Joins NYC Private Schools Blog as a Contributor

March 4, 2010

We are excited to announce that Mark B. Benerofe, Director of Camp Winadu and President of the CampGroup Family of Camps, will join us as a regular blog contributor in the areas of outdoor education and children’s development through athletics.
Shortly after graduating Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Mark served as a social [...]

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The Harkness/Exeter Model

March 4, 2010

The Exeter educational model that New American Academy Principal Shimon Waronker plans to utilize when creating his own vision of an educational model is an expansion itself upon an older educational model.
The Exeter model is actually based upon the Harkness Educational Model. The Harkness table refers to a style of teaching where [...]

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Rejection Blues for NYC Private School Families

March 3, 2010

Now that the NYC private school acceptance and rejection letters have been mailed out, some parents are thrilled and relieved and some are sorely disappointed. The children may not know or care what school they’ll be attending, but they are also feeling the effects of their success or failure to get into [...]

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New School for Celebrated Principal Shimon Waronker

March 3, 2010

New American Academy Principal Shimon Waronker plans to open a trilingual elementary school in Brooklyn this September and the news has the whole city talking. Some of the discussions are about Waronker’s past achievements in New York schools, while other talks focus on the model of school that is planned on.
In an [...]

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Choices in Private School Admission

March 2, 2010

Having options is a basic factor in our society and having and selecting between your NYC Private School options is important even down to the very last minute of your decision. If your child has received an acceptance from their Top Choice school then there probably isn’t too much of a decision left. [...]

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NYC Private School Responses Coming In

March 1, 2010

The end of February is a time when the cyclical nature of NYC Private School Admissions gives this year’s applicants an answer to questions and applications that have been a family-wide focus for months. Many Private Schools have contacted their applicants and either offered them a seat, declined to accept them, or offered a [...]

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NYC Private School Application Rate News

February 28, 2010

For the many parents with students applying to NYC Private Schools for the upcoming 2010-2011 school year, there are many News Stories and articles talking about the decrease in students applying to Private Schools all around. At it simplest, this means less competition in schools who have a stable seat offering that has always [...]

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