Is Club Nodic and Rec ski just one team? or it means Club Nordic team and Rec Ski team?
Will they only ski on campus?
Varsity football streaming now on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcXUaqvsnpc
SPS Varsity Football ends their season undefeated! Beat Proctor today 42-12. On their way to possibly their first bowl game ever! Congratulations!!!
Congrats!!
How often / when do advisor reports get published?
At the end of each term. Fall Term adviser reports will be available Dec 3. (The dates for each term are in the academic calendar online - https://sps.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/36/download/download_2082124.pdf - as well as in the pocket version they give to parents during Family Weekend.)
Thank you @GoatMama !
Anyone know of a wrestling store near SPS? My kid needs a hair cover, Dickās and the big chains donāt have it and Amazon is out of stock.
HMom - my kid is wrestling, too - (new for us). What is a hair cover??? He has TONS of hair.
@KentuckyMomma A hair cover looks kind of like a bathing cap but is made of polyester and attaches to the headgear. It isnāt required for practice but may be required if he competes. Iām not sure how they determine when its required. My son has a lot of hair but this is the first year heās had to wear one (heās working on his lax flow 
DS is applying for grade 9 and we had a great visit to SPS all around. Great tour, interview, everything. As a family, we came away with a very positive view of SPS. One of our favorite schools from visits. However, I donāt have a good sense for how to process and factor in the issues the school has been dealing with related to leadership, investigations, past problems, etc. Specifically, it is very concerning to learn that SPS has had to accept a NH state overseer after a criminal investigation. Can some current and recent parents provide some insight into this in terms of the degree of ingrained problems, weak leadership, etc?
@CMKDad, Iām a current parent. Feel free to message me with any questions, although I admit I donāt have that much insight into this. My kid is happy, teachers are great, the community is warm and supportive, the administration has been responsive to requests, and these issues seem strangely disconnected from the day-to-day as we experience it. But Iām happy to share info or perspectives.
My advice is to consider if it was just the one scandal or do they seem to have problems every 5-10 years. To me the repeat scandal conveys that the admissions office has trouble weeding out the jerks, that the school has trouble creating an environment that is respectful, and that administrators arenāt dealing with minor issues well (so they are blossoming into major issues). There is a school near me on that 5-10 year cycle, and while itās a great school on paper we nixed it immediately because they just canāt seem to get culture right.
There is a book by a former student who returned as a teacher for a year. He examines the culture of privilege up close. Iām sure the book is reviled at SPS and it reflects the perspective of a single individual, so it canāt be given too much weight. But we found it interesting nevertheless. It confirmed our suspicion that kids on certain campuses (NOT just SPS) might be told how special they are to be there a tad too often for their own good
@Calimex: Is your suspicion based on experience with SPS ?
Hereās that Shamus Khan book mentioned by CaliMex:
https://www.amazon.com/Privilege-Making-Adolescent-School-William/dp/0691156239
FWIW, I was very very into SPS when our older daughter was going through the BS search/application process. She was admitted but chose to attend another school.
Just wonderingā¦ what is the culture like at SPS now? When I visited there was a prolific feeling of community, but now that Iāve learned about the trial from 2015 and other things, I want to know if SPS is still like that. SPS has been my first choice during this whole application process, but now Iām a little worriedā¦ does anyone know what itās like now?
Where else are you applying?
What are your priorities in ranking schools?
What are you looking for?
OP, you might want to read the Chessy Prout book. While she certainly has an agenda that is beyond what you are asking for, I think it provides some insight into how a socially ambitious kid tried to navigate a school with a definite social hierarchy. I suspect the hierarchy /culture would be difficult to dismantle. Fwiw, I know a kid who had the same experience, minus the rape, as Chessy. (She transferred.) I also know lots and lots of kids who have loved loved loved their time at SPS. They may have been kids who ended up at the top of the social heap or they may have been kids who had no interest in the heap or they may have been able to process it all better.
If this is a real concern for you and you are loving the school just the same, I would reach try to assess your childās emotional and social maturity as part of the process.
My daughter is at SPS and is very happy there. Feel free to PM with questions.