School portraits · The Bronx, New York
Bronx Science, your teenager is running the universe
Planetarium director is a splendid school role. It may be harder to impress the people at home.
Planetarium director, 2023Read 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.
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School portraits · Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Tech, the spare room has a furnace
Most schools accumulate spare furniture. This one found somewhere unusually grand to put it.
The old foundry, seen in 2021; student voices in 2026Read the story
School portraits · Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Latin, the classics team is warming up
You thought Latin would be a sitting-down activity. The coach has other ideas.
Certamen, 2024–2025Read the story
School life · Missouri, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
The Class Has Notes
Senior superlatives reveal the version of your child that classmates know.
Senior superlatives, 2024–2025Read the story
Parent life · Massachusetts, Illinois and North Carolina
The locker is still waiting
It has a shelf, a hook and a great deal of emotional support from parents. The student has a backpack.
The school locker’s quieter yearsRead the story
School life · Illinois, Virginia and Massachusetts
The ramen will consider your T-shirt
You packed the clothes. It is possible you also provided working capital.
The student snack economy, 2021–2024Read the story
School portraits · New York City
Lycée: the mop gets thirty seconds
A short film can start with a very small problem.
2023 and an alumnus’s recollectionRead the story
School portraits · New York City
SAR: the classroom wall was not forgotten
The open building was the plan. Its occupants supplied the backpacks, the brooms, and one particularly inconvenient hole.
An open school, 1974 onwardRead the story
School portraits · New York City
Heschel has questions about your video-game update
The racing records have vanished. The student newspaper has competing views. Meanwhile, calcium is preparing its case.
Student interests, May 2025Read the story
The admissions files · Louisville and Washington, D.C.
Gladiolus, with a side of bicycle
The first national spelling champion had sensible priorities about his prizes.
1925 · remembered in 2002 and 2008Read the story
The admissions files · Providence and New York City
The school day comes with a blanket
In the early open-air classroom, keeping up with lessons could involve a warm stone for your feet.
Open-air classrooms · 1908–1911Read the story
The admissions files · Northern Ontario
The classroom will be back in a month
Northern Ontario put schools on rails. The homework stayed behind.
School cars from 1926 · memories of the 1950sRead the story