School portraits · New York City
Signed up early for villainy
Everyone came over for the checkmate. The next request was a mustache, and the room could not produce one.
Reported July 2025Read the story
School life, between the linesBy Admissions Diary
Notes from the School Gates
School stories, admissions adventures, and the things parents talk about on the way home.
New York & beyondHistory · Culture · Parent perspectives
School stories · Seattle & the Yukon
An Old Friend Is Not on the Packing List
Seattle Academy’s Yukon groups come with classmates, but not a seating request.
The 2026 plan; a 2014 graduate remembersRead the story
Parent life · Parent life · Australia
The Bear Shift
After bedtime, the class teddy still needs a weekend worth pasting in.
A parent’s account, 2009Read the story
School stories · Academy of the New Church
The One Room They Couldn't Build
Recreating their closed campus in Minecraft, students ran into an honest blind spot: the faculty lounge.
Spring 2020Read the story
School portraits · Seattle
Fifteen Dollars and an Escape Plan
Two dollars, a bake sale, and a considerably better idea for the leftovers.
April 2024Read the story
School portraits · Atlanta
The flash mob that had to wait
Eight Westminster students had the choreography. The cafeteria speaker had other plans.
January 2024Read the story
School portraits · Brooklyn
The evening plans have gone into the bullpen
Packer’s eighth-graders found something better than a scavenger hunt. Then they lost the paperwork.
An eighth-grade trip, recalled in 2021Read the story
Rivalries & rituals · Boston
The Head Has Acquired a Soundtrack
The doughnut boxes looked promising. The hallway sounded less like school than usual.
School life · 2018Read the story
Rivalries & rituals · Houston
Your school rival would like to borrow your uniform
Sophie Denham needed a Kinkaid costume. This meant asking a Kinkaid friend for help.
Rivalry week, 2022 & 2024Read the story
School portraits · Houston
While I Have You Here, Ms. Fogler
Hair, makeup, and a small request about algebra.
School life · February 2017Read the story
School portraits · Chicago
The Worst Time to Stop Listening
Two Latin competitors found the familiar way to dodge disappointment at an awards ceremony.
School life · April 2024Read the story
School portraits · Brooklyn
Twenty points. Please stay for the rest.
At Poly Prep, filling the bags and finishing the morning turned out to be different things.
School life · February 2026Read the story