School portraits · Washington, DC
National Cathedral: please raise your voice
Purple, gold, and a school tradition that can be heard from the other side of Woodley Road.
Spirit DayRead the story
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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 · Washington, DC
St. Albans would like your worst work
A lunch-table poem comes with an unusual incentive. Try not to be brilliant.
Lunch-table life · 2016–2024 and todayRead the story
School portraits · Wallingford, Connecticut
The boar still needs a seat
Choate can supply the school spirit. Somebody has to supply the bus.
School spirit and the schedule · 2025Read the story
School portraits · Groton, Massachusetts
Groton has heard about your pencil case
You wanted your child to be known. This may include the stationery situation.
A student’s recollection · 2016Read the story
School portraits · New York City
The delegation would like some hummus
At UNIS, the cafeteria redesign had reached the people expected to eat in it.
A cafeteria debate · 2015Read the story
School portraits · New York City
Please don’t interrupt the record label
At Dwight, the headphones may be schoolwork. This complicates things at home.
School music · 2025 onwardRead the story
School portraits · New York City
The cow has eaten part of the packing list
LREI’s fourth graders went to a farm. The farm had some feedback.
Farm-trip memories · 2014–2019Read the story
School portraits · Boston, Massachusetts
BUA’s FBI would like you to pop a balloon
Boston University Academy’s students had a school-spirit problem. Naturally, they established a bureau.
The student council of 2023–24Read the story
School portraits · Dedham, Massachusetts
Nobles: the castle has a quesadilla bar
A grand setting, a very ordinary appetite, and the business of making a large-looking school feel familiar.
Lunch in the CastleRead the story
School portraits · Milton, Massachusetts
At Milton, last place pays
After all that striving, the graduation prize you may secretly want is a sock.
The last diplomaRead the story
School portraits · Oakland, California
Shakespeare would like the lights on
At Head-Royce, the senior play has work for the whole class. Some of it involves being seen.
The senior playRead the story
School portraits · Hillsborough, California
For once, a senior has no idea where they’re going
At Crystal Springs Uplands, the juniors have the plan. The older students can stop explaining theirs.
Junior-Senior SurpriseRead the story