I recently read an article in the Harvard Business Review entitled “6 Ways to Make the Most of Your Internship.” Even though this piece was intended for an audience of college students working as short-term summer i
You’re in high school—hurray! It feels like a huge accomplishment to get through your first day (and it is—go you!), but there are some things to keep in mind as you start at a new school.
Now that middle school is coming to an end and students know where they will be attending high school next year, there is a little preparation that can be done this summer to help facilitate a comfortable, successful move to a new school this September. Fear, stress, and anxiety don’t have to be
Once you’ve sent in your applications and are starting to receive acceptance letters, you’re done, right? Wrong! Now you need to prepare yourself for what to expect in high school. And there’s plenty of work to be done there.
High school years are some of the most influential ones in a person’s life. Children make that transition from being a child to a young adult, and the process of pulling away from parents and establishing independence and a personal identity moves into full swing. The culture and environment du
Is your online program an accredited online high school? What is an “accredited high school”? Why should you even care???
So you’re starting high school next year. For some, that means that you need to look for a new school. There are so many things to consider: Will I like the other kids? Can I be on the debate team and the soccer team? Do they let freshman have roles in the spring play? But you may not
With the new school year beginning, students and their parents are once again concerned with issues of bullying in school. As a headmaster, it’s not unusual for a parent (and sometimes even a student) to subtly ask about the level of bullying when interviewing at a new school.
This post is part of a series inspired by Dream School: NYC, a SundanceTV docu-series that follows 15 New York City teenagers who left high school and are now trying to get back on track to gra
This post is part of a series inspired by Dream School: NYC, a SundanceTV docu-series that follows 15 New York City teenagers who left high school and are now trying to get back on track to gra