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14May 2021 by JarvisandAssociates

Boarding Schools: Resilience and Retooling

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[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget][siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]BOARDING SCHOOLS: RESILIENCE AND RETOOLING My last blog was just over a year ago. It was gloomy. What a difference a year makes! Despite my concerns for independent school enrolments in this Covid era, those fears have proven to be unwarranted for the most part - certainly for schools in British Columbia and New England. These are the two areas of concentration for my consultancy work. Parents saw that safety protocols in fact are easier to implement and enforce at a boarding school. Zoom classes were a necessity last spring, but have been unnecessary in the boarding school bubble. Once the students were able to get to their schools in September - not an easy feat - and then allocated to their learning pods, things seemed to move…

15Mar 2020 by JarvisandAssociates

March 15th – Beware the Ides of March

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[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget][siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget][siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Boarding schools are under threat ... Boarding schools are under threat from extreme market forces, and today even more so with the reality of a global pandemic caused by COVID-19. We hear of individuals one or two pay checks away from personal hardship. Yet some independent schools are not too far away from such a scenario.This is a perfect storm caused by a diminishing middle class, an over- reliance on international enrolment in this era of globalization, and now a global pandemic. Independent schools are not immune to COVID-19. Government fiscal packages will not be available to private schools, and they must find ways to inoculate themselves from the possible serious side effects: e.g. falling enrolment as travel diminishes, requests for fee refunds in the event of…

29Sep 2019 by JarvisandAssociates

Broadening School Horizons

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[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] The Centre of London: Trafalgar Square. [siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Westminster School – close to Trafalgar Square and the ISC office – is a leading Public school in London, founded 14th century. Famous alumni include Sir Christopher Wren and A.A. Milne [siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] One of the oldest schools in Wales – founded 1608. Cowbridge Grammar School. Most famous alumnus is Sir Anthony Hopkins [siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Cardiff and Vale College. The largest college in Wales: 30,000 students. With the Principal Mrs. Kay Martin. (Full disclosure she is a family member – very proud of Kay!) [siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Independent Schools Council regulatory body. ISC boarding and day schools educate more than 500,000 children in the UK. Broadening School Horizons With the spectre of uncertainty for Asian students being placed in US or…

09Sep 2019 by JarvisandAssociates

An Exciting New Admissions Season Begins

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[caption id="attachment_905" align="alignright" width="453"] Seen here with the Director of Admission at Berkshire School MA, Dana Anselmi[/caption] Students around Canada and the US have returned to school this past week and in August in some parts of the heat belt of the Southern US. I am proud this season to have assisted students with entry to Blair Academy in New Jersey, Berkshire School in Massachusetts, Storm King School in New York State, and Shawnigan Lake School in BC, Canada. I wish them great success and will be checking in with them over the year to see how they are settling in to these terrific boarding school environments. I had one other student accepted at Landmark School in Massachusetts but he was unable to attend due to the worrisome political sitation…