Boarding Schools – Jarvis and Associates

29Apr 2024 by JarvisandAssociates

When you love doing something, it’s not work!

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As an educational consultant, I am delighted for my students who gained acceptances this year. Others earned a wait-list designation which means a student is acceptable but space issues precluded admission in this highly competitive post Covid season. Each spring is one of heightened anxiety for students and families, but acceptance, when it comes, is a feeling of accomplishment and relief. Here are the results this season so far: US Junior Boarding Schools: Grade 6 to Grade 9 Accepted: Eaglebrook School (2) Deerfield, MA Fay School, Southborough, MA Indian Mountain School, Lakeville, CT. US Boarding High Schools: Accepted: Berkshire School, MA. Wait-lists: Berkshire School, St. Mark’s School, MA, Blair Academy and Peddie School, NJ. Canadian Boarding Schools: Accepted: St. George’s School, Vancouver Wait-list: Upper Canada College, Toronto.…

15Jul 2023 by JarvisandAssociates

From the other side of the desk …

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05May 2022 by JarvisandAssociates

Things change. Life happens.

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[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] As an educational consultant, here is my take on the current boarding school enrolment landscape for Asian students. These observations are aimed to international families. In 2022 leading US boarding schools were inundated with applications once again, and recorded daunting accept percentages of anywhere from 12 percent to 18 percent on their March 10th decision day. International applicants from China and Hong Kong to leading schools in the US often numbered around 150 - with an accept number usually of just two to four. As a result, most schools will not go to their wait-lists. By their market decisions these schools are saying we want students from Asia who are already high functioning. I thought schools were about teaching! Therein lies the challenge. Families in Asia know of…

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…

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