New York Visitors on Campus

On May 14, Blair welcomed a group of 50 seventh graders from two schools in New York City to campus. De La Salle Academy and George Jackson Academy are private, independent day schools each offering an educational community that provides opportunities for underprivileged youth from all areas of New York City.

Graduates of DLS and GJA enroll in some of the most competitive day schools in the city as well as boarding schools across the northeast. Each spring, the placement directors from DLS and GJA bring their seventh graders to a boarding school in order to familiarize their students with the application process and weigh the options of boarding versus day school. In addition to touring campus and eating lunch in the dining hall with the Blair community, the seventh graders were able to ask questions of current Blair students and gather valuable information about boarding school life.

One of the first De La Salle alums to enroll at Blair Academy, Jen Shields ’10, graduates this year, while two others, Anu Akinbamidele ’11 and Farikka Davis ’12, prepare to welcome another De La Salle alumnus to Blair as a ninth grader next fall.

Blair was also host to a group of 15 students from the Boys’ Club of NYC on Friday afternoon. The Boys’ Club is a program in socially and economically troubled neighborhoods across New York City and New Jersey. As an after-school enrichment program, it encourages boys to develop strong values while strengthening their academic and athletic abilities. Members of the Boys’ Club spent the afternoon on campus, playing in a scrimmage against the Blair JV boys’ baseball team.

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Posted 5/18/2010

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