| New
Perspectives
- Jun, 1991 Issue |
Life After The John Dewey
Academy
(413) 528-9800
Great Barrington, MA
By Tom Bratter, President
The John Dewey Academy has
graduated nine students who will attend the following colleges: Antioch
(full scholarship), Boston College (wait list), Connecticut College
(wait list), Pitzer College, St. John's College (New Mexico), Union
College and two Wheaton College (one with a $10,000 scholarship).
Fifty Percent of all John
Dewey Academy graduates currently have distinguished themselves academically
by making the Deans' List at the following colleges: Hobart, Le Moyne,
Universities of Chicago, Massachusetts and Hartford, Wellesley (elected
Vice President of the student government) and Williams (appointed junior
advisor).
Dr. Ken Steiner, Dean of Studies,
stated "Many prestigious and demanding prep schools cannot match this
percentage who have distinguished themselves academically. This confirms
our belief often it is potentially the brightest and the best who get
into trouble but can transcend their pitiful pasts when they are placed
in an uncompromising and unrelenting educational, psychological and
moral environment. What makes this record laudable is we admit our students
on the basis of an interview and our assessment of their potential.
We really are not that concerned about the applicant's past performance
or standardized test scores."
Two members of the junior
class of twelve are Merit Scholarship semi-finalists. Two others already
have been accepted by Emory University and St. John's College for 1992.
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