by Fairmont Schools | Feb 11, 2019 | General, Counseling
Somehow I found myself raising my hand a few weeks ago when my daughter’s baseball team was soliciting for an assistant coach. Mind you, the last time I played baseball I was wearing neon, and it was cool, so my baseball experience is limited. But I love to watch...
by Fairmont Schools | Feb 1, 2019 | General, Counseling
Parents, let’s be honest with ourselves here: it’s been more than a few years since we applied to college. We got our applications mailed to us, typed out some answers, requested transcripts, and we were on our way. It was a simpler time when colleges only had to...
by Fairmont Schools | Jan 23, 2019 | General, Counseling
Did you break out those party hats and weird buzzing horns to ring in 2019? We’ve made another trip around the sun! For our seniors, this means they are now second-semester seniors and have just months left in their high school career. But after our much-needed winter...
by Fairmont Schools | Dec 20, 2018 | General, Counseling
Do you remember 122 days ago when we started the school year? All that hope, optimism, and potential? Well, here it is the end of the semester and we finishing finals so that we can go off to winter break and enjoy some much needed time off. Students have worked hard...
by Fairmont Schools | Dec 7, 2018 | General, Counseling
Can you feel that weird mix of stress, relief, anticipation, and worry? It can only mean one thing–that finals are coming soon and there is a major break on the horizon. Fairmont Prep students are coming up on quiet days next week where no new tests or assignments are...
by Fairmont Schools | Nov 16, 2018 | General, Counseling
Next week brings Thanksgiving, which means a five day holiday for our students and a little break for our teachers as well. We get to wake up to some giant balloons floating throughout New York in the freezing cold. Time to gorge on turkey, roll ourselves out with...