The Importance of Reading Fairy Tales

The Importance of Reading Fairy Tales

by Nancy Mugele If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.  If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. ~Albert Einstein I was recently reminded of this quote and it has resonated with me. On my office bookshelf,...
Kent School to Host Denim and Diamonds

Kent School to Host Denim and Diamonds

Kent School looks forward to hosting our annual auction Denim and Diamonds Saturday, April 5 from 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 pm. Denim and Diamonds will take place at Kent School’s riverside campus in the M.V. “Mike” Williams Gymnasium. General admission will begin at 5:30...

Middle School Moments Matter

Driving home recently from The 1911 Group annual Heads Conference in Princeton, New Jersey, I passed a billboard on the highway that read Middle School Moments Matter. It was an ad for a school I do not remember, but I have been reflecting on these words for the past...

Is it worth it?

by Tricia Cammerzell, Assistant Head of School for Advancement Is it worth it? Parents with children in independent schools likely ask themselves this question each year around re-enrollment time. Is the money they are spending on tuition worth the lifestyle choices...