School portraits · Chicago, Illinois
Northside, I’m taking whatever you’re taking
A school offers room to explore. The students would also like to know who else is going.
Colloquium snapshots from 2006–07Read 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 portraits · Chicago, Illinois
Whitney Young, meet you at the Bean Spot
A school can supply a floor plan. Friendship requires a few amendments.
Two friends remembering school · May 2024Read the story
School portraits · Chicago, Illinois
Payton, the sophomores have brought foils
The activity was student-led. So was getting the equipment there.
A fencing seminar in 2023Read the story
Parent life · Between band practice and home
The trombone needs a ride
Your child joined the band. The instrument would now like to discuss its travel arrangements.
The school-band yearsRead the story
Parent life · At the school bus
The field trip does not need you
You got one of the chaperone places. Unfortunately, there is another decision-maker in the house.
The chaperone yearsRead the story
School life · Delmar, New York; Philadelphia; and Toronto
The parent clapping for the blackout
A mother knows exactly who moved the bench. Her daughter is having a very good show.
Backstage at the school playRead the story
School portraits · Queens, New York
Townsend Harris would very much like your vote
Freshmen acquire political importance. Seniors discover that the electorate has other things to do.
The whole-school election simulationRead the story
School portraits · New York City
Stuyvesant has timed the stairs
The route to class became a research question. The backpack came along as supporting evidence.
The school day, measured verticallyRead the story
School portraits · New York City
Hunter: the brick prison has a playhouse
The students gave the building an unfortunate nickname. Then they made it the name of their theater company.
Original plays, 1983–2026Read the story
The admissions files · Medieval Novgorod
Onfim has added a horse
A medieval writing exercise took a promising turn. There was still some alphabet, but now there was cavalry.
Around 1240–1260Read the story
The admissions files · American schoolrooms
The teacher would like your penny
School banking gave children a passbook, teachers another ledger, and candy a formidable opponent.
Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuriesRead the story
The admissions files · Chicago
The teacher is inside the radio
Chicago put lessons on the air in 1937. The furniture had acquired educational ambitions.
September 1937Read the story