Please remind me why I'm doing this...

soxmom
Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:14:21 +0000

Here’s why you’re doing this:

My own “normal kid” with outstanding scores and grades is very happy there and not having any trouble balancing schoolwork and sports. There is plenty of academic challenge, but it is part of the school philosophy to allow for a balanced life (classes start fairly late in the morning, homework is not excessive, etc.).

Well, I am a Mercersburg parent, and as far as I can tell it would fit you well. It seems a tolerant and happy place. My son is a tolerant and happy sort of kid and he loves it.

We are back from our first family weekend at Mercersburg - we went home last night because of our pets - and I can’t even begin to express how happy I am that my son found his way there. As in the song,“'tis a gift to come down where you ought to be.” How much our perspective has changed from the day he told us that he wanted to go to boarding school! We’ve gone from thinking it was a horrible thing for parents to “send their children away,” to thinking this is the best thing that could have happened to him.

We love so many things about Mercersburg and both parents were secretly hoping it would be the one! They are making a huge investment in my son; it makes me proud that they see he is worth it.

Who wrote all these great things, you ask? You did.