Significant events in life deserve some recognition. Be it a child's first tooth, publishing a novel, or a wedding, the celebrations can range greatly. How schools mark the end of an 8th grade year and the matriculation to high schools also varies. Some K-12 schools may hold an awards assembly or no event at all; K-8 schools likely celebrate more fervently. Whether a student is departing campus or merely moving to an upper school building, taking the time to recognizing the changing relationship between student and school is a worthwhile endeavor.  >>Read more.

By Bryan Rutledge, Director of College Counseling, Woodward Academy, College Park, GA

 

How can I make Ways to Afford College hopeful and helpful, fun, and funny? For some, this subject has all the appeal of a dental implant. You have no doubt been drilled with data about robust college costs vis a vis anemic buying power, ne edled by swollen loans and aching interest rates, and presented the bill of rising college tuition. I'll be that cheerful, painless dentist who shares with you clear, no-nonsense solutions that won't cost a cent. My dentist has a sign on his wall that reads, "Floss only the teeth you want to keep." My version is "Only take financial advice if you want to save money."   >>Read more. 

Take advantage of a unique opportunity for heads of school and spouses at the SAIS Institute for Heads, June 27-30, 2017  at the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan (Palm Beach), FL.  This engaging, energizing, and nurturing retreat offers an opportunity for thoughtful dialogue and engagement with colleagues on key issues facing school heads. 

Featuring Rob Evans and Michael Thompson , heads can dig into the topics that only other heads of school can understand. "In this particular setting, we come together and talk about what really matters," said Arch McIntosh, head of Charlotte Latin School in Charlotte, NC. "No event has a greater impact on my personal and professional life, and it's the only thing I attend where my wife feels like an equal partner."

 

As part of the Institute for Heads, heads and their spouses may attend optional sessions that look at the personal side of leadership: the challenges of being the "first couple," the particular burdens for spouses, partners, and children of heads, and more. Spouses also may participate in a panel discussion and Q&A.  

 

"I always leave this event feeling like I received twice the value for the investment of time and money - three days of a good conference and three days of good therapy!" McIntosh said. "The timing is great and allows me perspective at the end of each school year."