Author: mopsadmin
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Zooming to a Great Admissions Interview!
Candidate interviews have always been a pivotal part of the independent high school, and in some cases college, application process. This year, however, schools have had to pivot to entirely virtual procedures due to the pandemic, resulting in limited campus visits, tours and shadow days. In the absence of the opportunity to meet in person,
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“My teacher doesn’t explain it that way!” Sound Familiar?
For years, families across the US have been hearing cries like this from their children as they try to support math schooling at home. This has only been amplified since COVID-19 became our new reality. One day our students were in school learning from trained math teachers, and the next day it was suddenly our
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#maskup: what to expect fall 2020
As Labor Day approaches, so do the traditional back to school memories. This year, however, COVID-19 presents us with vastly different in-person and/or hybrid learning environments. With this new reality comes uncertainty, anticipation and anxiety about entering school buildings. These mixed emotions are natural and healthy. After all, it’s been five months since children have
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COVID: will it impact school admissions?
What a spring! For any of you with school-aged children, you know how your life changed almost overnight right around March 11, the day that the state of Connecticut asked K-12 schools to close. At Country School, we were two days away from the beginning of spring break so, while startling in some ways, beginning
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Distance learning: friend or foe?
As March 2020 made its debut on the calendar and news of a virus from China was buzzing, many of us were in disbelief – it won’t come here, to the United States. And then, it very quickly became apparent that not only was the virus here in full force, but schools, along with all