School stories · New Hampshire
The oars were optional
A physics project with a surprisingly practical finish.
St. Paul’s School · December 2022Read 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 life · Los Angeles
Two hours of woo-hoo
She had a stopping time. The cars had other plans.
Harvard-Westlake’s drive-through graduation · 2020Read the story
Traditions & rivalries · Connecticut
Please count the runners
A parent could watch every game in Lakeville and still not know who won Taft Day.
Taft Day · November 2019Read the story
Traditions & rivalries · Massachusetts
Groton's zebra goes to committee
The nickname existed. The face did not. Fixing this required five departments and, by one estimate, twenty sets of eyes.
Operation Zebra · 2018Read the story
School stories · California · Utah
The dinosaur will have to wait
The Webb Schools took students into badlands already searched by the experts. Then a teenager spotted something that would require a helicopter to bring home.
Found in 2009 · Brought home in 2010Read the story
Rivalries & rituals · New York City · Boston
Collegiate would like ten more candles
The school was already very old. Its age still needed a little work.
A birthday investigation · 1974–2028Read the story
Rivalries & rituals · New England
Your rival wants to share the newspaper
Two rival papers managed a shared issue. The pep rally still needed a breakable door.
November 2025 · School rivalriesRead the story
The admissions files · Beyond New York
She meant to want the rival
He was taken with the place. She still had the rival in mind.
One family’s account · 2015Read the story
The admissions files · New York & beyond
He would like the vacuum turned on
The sentence was going to be about potential. A one-year-old had already chosen an appliance.
Parent life · Recollections shared in 2013 and 2015Read the story
Parent life · Boarding-school families
The laundry question was settled every year
A Choate household had firm views on self-reliance. They were willing to update them at short notice.
A parent’s recollections, 2013–2014Read the story
The school archives · Andover, Massachusetts
Your holiday was two days away
Andover students needed a field-hockey stick. Someone sent an email instead. The real holiday had been two days away.
A fake holiday, January 2007Read the story
Rivalries & rituals · New Jersey & Pennsylvania
Lawrenceville needs a minute with the laundry
A lucky shirt, a tie, and a laundry debate.
The Hill game, 1932Read the story