Sabrina Hamideh, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
• May 24, 2023
The minute I walked onto the Upper School quad, it clicked. I was in high school. Grades and extracurriculars all count now. But, unfortunately for me, it had all clicked a year too late. Although this...
The Upper School Deans hosted a virtual College Night for seniors and their families Tuesday, featuring a presentation about the admissions process in general as well as workshops on individual topics.
Upper...
As part of the College Representative Visit Program, the Upper School Deans Office has organized visits for college representatives to meet with juniors and seniors throughout November. Representative...
Teneice Stegall joined the Upper School as a dean, replacing Maude Bond, who departed after four years at the school.
Previously, Stegall served as the Associate Director of College Counseling at Lake...
Sara Brookshire joined the Upper School Dean Team after Beth Slattery assumed the position of Head of Upper School.
Brookshire served as the Director of Admission at Brandeis University for the past six...
Effective July 1, 2020, Upper School Dean Chris Jones will replace Beth Slattery as Upper School Deans Department Head, following her promotion to Head of Upper School.
Jones's Past
During his eight years...
Members of the junior class will join 43 college deans and directors of admission on Thursday at 7 p.m. to learn more about the college admissions process. Students will be part of a mock admissions committee...
Students learned about the numerous classes available to prepare for course selection for the upcoming school year at the annual academic fair on Monday.
Sophomores and juniors received information...
Hunter* ’18 felt his anxiety increasing. When Monday night arrived, he was on the brink of a breakdown. However, as soon as he sat down in his Peer Support group and began to share, his fears instantly...
Seniors and their parents attended informational sessions and met with their deans at Senior College Night.
Students were able to choose two of nine special interest sessions to attend, which focused...
Bill* sprinted from his dean’s office to his mother’s car with tears streaming down his face, hoping his dean could not see him crying through his office window.
He had just been reprimanded for goofing...
Seniors applied to colleges early action and decision by Nov. 15 in usual numbers, deans said.
Roughly 95 percent of seniors applied early to at least one college, including early action schools, Upper...
