I always enjoy this time of year in which we celebrate the successes of our students, friends, and children, through various graduation cere...

Yesterday, my daughter, who is a college student and is on a short break before returning to college, saw several of her friends from wester...

The month of March is when applicants hear of decisions as to their school acceptances, whether by high schools, especially private "pr...

There has been much written lately that teenagers are not willing to take positive risks and are not willing to travel. I beg to differ. I b...

Although my heritage is European and I was born in Canada, I consider myself very lucky to be living in such a historic part of the US, that...

It seems that Manhattan managed quite well during and after Hurricane or "Tropical Storm" Irene. My 92 year old uncle, who li...

As promised in my earlier post , above are photos from the Bement School alum trip back to the Dominican Republic to help out in La Suiza, ...

Their trip coincided (with a one day delay) with the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan and now, after a week, they have all...

With the blizzard of 2010 upon us and New England looking like a winter wonderland (albeit with major travel disruptions and even our trip ...

The airport in Port-au-Prince at which many of the relief (and military) planes are landing, is gridlocked, with supplies not being dissemi...

The worst earthquake in two centuries hit Haiti , the poorest country in the western hemisphere, yesterday. The pain, suffering, and devasta...