High School and Beyond

Radha Parameswaran, Head of School and Science and Mathematics Teacher, Blyth-Templeton Academy Ask any student what the most stressful part of their final year and a half of high school has been, and the majority will respond – college applications. At a time in their life where young people are highly impressionable, beginning to solidify […]

by Lee Palmer, Chief Innovation Officer for Blyth-Templeton Academy For most adults, thinking about our teenage years brings back powerful and distinct memories–memories of a first job, a first relationship, a significant class where you fell in love with a topic, a tough family situation, an identity crisis. These memories and experiences from adolescence go on

By Marissa Kushner, Ph.D., Georgetown Psychology Associates Out with the old and in with the new. The College Board recently has made significant changes to the SAT.  Starting in 2016, students will be required to take the newly modified version of the test.  The process of applying to college often is a source of significant stress

by Dr. Samantha C. Sweeney, Ph.D., School Psychologist, fpsch.com I had a professor in graduate school who would tell his students when they entered the program that college was for all students. While I worked closely with this professor and took some of his classes, I was not in his program so I heard this statement