by Mike Rodgers | Jun 19, 2018 | Academic Support Boarding School, Admissions, Boarding School, Boarding School for Learning Differences, College Planning, College Prep Boarding School, East Coast Boarding School, Girls Boarding School, Girls Christian Boarding School, Oak Hill Academy, OHA Health, Personal Growth Boarding School, Students & Success, US Boarding School, Virginia Boarding School
With Oak Hill Academy’s 95% college acceptance rate over the last 12 years, we are squarely positioned in the college prep boarding school market. However, it is our unique approach, and emphasis on personal growth, that makes Oak Hill Academy stand out from...
by Mike Rodgers | Jun 16, 2018 | Academic Support Boarding School, Admissions, Boarding School, Boarding School for Learning Differences, christian boarding school, College Planning, College Prep Boarding School, East Coast Boarding School, Girls Boarding School, Girls Christian Boarding School, Oak Hill Academy, OHA Health, Personal Growth Boarding School, US Boarding School, Virginia Boarding School
For the current generation of adolescents, anxiety issues are becoming THE biggest obstacle to being able to function at a high level, according to many mental health reports. According to a recent Small Boarding School Association presentation given by James Madison...
by Mike Rodgers | May 30, 2018 | Academic Support Boarding School, Admissions, Boarding School for Learning Differences, Oak Hill Academy, Virginia Boarding School
Today’s blog post comes directly from a conversation I recently had in the course of admission work. After describing their student’s struggles and accommodations that were supposed to be happening as per an IEP, a prospective parent simply asked,...
by Mike Rodgers | May 17, 2018 | Admissions, Oak Hill Academy
At Easton’s previous school, he struggled to find motivation and a peer group that would keep him thinking positively about school. Like many of our students, he resisted the idea of boarding school–until the need for academic and social redirection outweighed...
by Mike Rodgers | May 17, 2018 | Admissions, Oak Hill Academy
Bailey, a current junior, represents many of the students who choose to come to Oak Hill Academy. For this kind of student, there is an immediate, obvious need to get back on track academically and restore motivation and confidence. Along the way, Bailey, like many of...
by Mike Rodgers | May 8, 2018 | Admissions, Oak Hill Academy
Improving grades. That was Kneiko’s expressed goal when he came to Oak Hill Academy. His parents added the goals of having school become important to him; improving a college-ready work ethic; and having Kneiko open up opportunities for himself to study outside...
