School Shopping!

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.               

                                               ~Unknown

 

Today we will tour another private school to consider if Ab doesn't get accepted to the art academy.  This school may be the best after all, considering she's been pretty spoiled and sheltered all her life.  This type of rural environment that's about 3 hours North of us, with all of its simplicity will certainly build character.  Here's info from their website: 

Paul Squibb, a Kent School alumnus and Harvard graduate, and his wife, Louise, founded Midland School in 1932, believing that the essentials of a good education are a student, a teacher, and an idea.

Beyond being a college preparatory boarding school, Midland was created to be a small, rural community that relies on the work of its inhabitants to meet its basic needs. Conceived in the midst of the Depression, these ideals still form the center of the school's philosophy, and every student who earns the privilege to attend Midland will assume not only a great deal of responsibility, but a great tradition of service.

In a world of increasing complexity, Midland School's objective is both timely and straightforward--to foster in young people a strong, lively intellect and impeccable character. A splendid physical setting and the unique opportunities afforded by a twenty-four hour day, seven day week boarding school provide a community in which both students and their teachers live together, bound by the tenets of self-reliance, minimal consumption, and closeness to nature.

The School is a non-profit organization that is governed by a 16-member board.  The estimated value of Midland's property is $15,000,000 and the school's growing endowment is currently approaching $4,000,000.  Annual giving generally yields $300,000 for the school, the bulk of which helps fund Midland's substantial financial aid. Certainly, Midland's budget and use of financial resources looks nothing like other boarding schools, and we pride ourselves in putting our limited funds into people and program, rather than new structures. It is the hope of the school that our students inherit some of these lessons in frugality, and generosity.

Sounds exactly like what this child needs!  Wish us luck! 

Now, I am off to roll her lazy fanny outta that bed!