Private Schools

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Private Schools Pros and Cons
As with all major decisions regarding your children, get them involved in the conversation. Moving or placing your child in a new school is a big deal and they should be allowed to have some say in which school they attend. Not the final say, but giving your child some input will make a big difference in what you decide as well as how they ultimately deal with your decision.

Why Be a School Volunteer
With class sizes and budgets growing at increasingly different paces, teachers and faculty of our nation's public schools would drown in their workload if there weren't volunteers. Our school children would miss out on several projects, field trips, and activities every year if it weren't for the many hours donated to classrooms and after school programs. In short, without volunteers offering their time and skills to school/community partnership, our public schools would simply not succeed in creating productive, well-round, responsible adults.

Funding a Private School Education
Find out how you can fund your child's private school education, including scholarships, vouchers, tax credits and loans.

Creating Extra Curricular Activities
There are a variety of ways to get started with extracurricular activities at a private school, depending on your school’s situation. A good first step is to identify the kinds of extracurricular activities that would be desired.

Choosing a Private School
Choosing a private school can be a difficult decision. Here are some steps that will help you make a reasoned decision about a private school that meets your child’s and your needs.

Questions to Ask About Private Schools
Here are some questions that will help you make a reasoned decision about a private school that meets your child’s and your needs.

Types of Schools
There are a number of different ways to consider the private school options that may be open to you and your child. Here are some ways to categorize and consider your choice.

Private School Applications
Applications are one of the key ways schools get to know prospective students and their families. Find out more about the process in this article.

Private School Interviews
Interviews are typically part of the application process to enroll into a private school and a key way schools get to know applicants and their families and vice versa. Find out more about the process in this article.

CoEd or Single Sex Education
In this article find different factors to consider when choosing between single-sex and coed private schools.

What is a Boarding School
A boarding school is an academic setting that includes room and board for at least some students. There may be other, day students, who travel to and from the campus on a daily basis, as well as the students who live at the school.

Choosing a School Fundraiser
Choosing appropriate school fundraisers for your school community is an important decision with a lot of parameters.

School Bullying
School bullying can involve a number of different behaviors, from verbal (such as threatening, teasing, name-calling, making sexual remarks, spreading rumors, or bad-mouthing someone) to disrespecting personal property (such as stealing or damaging possessions) to violence (such as hitting or otherwise harming).

School Vouchers
In the current climate of concern over the shortcomings of the public education system, school vouchers are a topic that has stirred a lot of heated debate. This debate is part of the larger discussion about a parent’s right to choose which school his or her child attends. Individuals and organizations on both sides of the school vouchers debate have passionate arguments about whether vouchers are effective, fair, or even legal.