Boarding Schools for Girls

Community opposition has derailed plans to build a Muslim school for girls with a capacity of 5,000 students in Briefield Mills, England. But according to a Nov. 30 article in the Lancashire Telegraph, the group that led the fight against the school isn't ready to rest just yet:

It was announced earlier this week that Islamic Help, a national charity, had scrapped plans to convert the seven-acre site into a 5,000-pupil boarding school for Muslim girls.

But it was revealed that the 50-pupil Ghausia High School for girls, based in Nelson, will still look to move to the site and the trust will look to create a sports centre for the whole community, alongside a commercial village housing start-up businesses. &

Clitheroe Road Residents Association, which now has a 1,000-person petition against the plans, vowed to continue their fight.

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A proposed Muslim girls boarding school is facing opposition from a residents organization in the British town where it hopes to open. According to a Nov. 12 article on the website of the British newspaper The Burnley Express, the Brierfield's Clitheroe Road Residents' Association is disseminating a pamphlet with the following text:

A group called Islamic Help has now placed a deposit on Brierfield Mills and is proposing a 5,000-student boarding school of single sex and single faith.

The residents' association is made up of members of different cultures, religions, age groups and sex, and are opposed to the proposals, which we feel will divide the communities and cultures of Brierfield and Pendle.

A plan for Brierfield Mills, from a company based in Birmingham, will cause deep-rooted divisions in our town and Pendle as a whole, which would end all the good work that we have all contributed to over the years.

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Working under the guidance of one of their peers, 30 students from a Quaker day and boarding school in Great Britain decorated and displayed a rainbow of umbrellas during a peace vigil during the nations Quaker Schools Week.

An Oct. 14 article in The York Press provided the following details about the project:

Anna Webster, 17, a pupil at The Mount School, in Dalton Terrace, said she was inspired to run a silent vigil in which about 30 participants carried umbrellas featuring all the colours of the spectrum, after learning about Matt Lamb Umbrellas For Peace Project  which promotes inclusivity.

She said: I thought that it would be a really positive thing for people to do; individuals could think about what peace means to them, and all stand and support each other in our views with a silent vigil. It could be a striking statement about our commitment to peace and also a lot of fun."

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The world's most famous (albeit fictional) "girl detective" is poised to become cyberspace's most prominent (albeit undercover) girls boarding school student.

According to a July 29 news release by Her Interactive (the creator of a series of computer games based on the experiences of the renowned detective and her friends), Ms. Drew's next online adventure will test her and her fans' sleuthing skills as they attempt to foil a criminal plot inside an exclusive all-girls boarding school:

In Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy, players take on the role of Nancy Drew as she heads undercover at a prestigious all-girls boarding school to discover the culprit behind threatening notes and dangerous accidents that seem to be targeted towards the academy's valedictorian candidates.

To fit in at the school, players will immerse themselves in the boarding school culture by exploring the campus, helping other girls with projects and navigating the social scene. To build the case, players will surreptitiously snoop through dorm rooms and snap cell phone pictures of evidence they come across.

"Our games are really mystery-adventures wrapped in layers of increasingly complex puzzles that require deductive reasoning to not only get through, but to ultimately determine the culprit, and that sense of accomplishment is what keeps our community so committed to the franchise," Megan Gaiser, president and CEO of Her Interactive, said in the release.

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Your daughter’s school year ended on yet another less-than-successful note, and once again you feel as though your only option is to endure another long summer while hoping that next year will finally be the time when things start turning around.

Why wait ‘til next year?

Many effective private boarding schools offer programs that are specifically designed to meet the unique needs of underachieving girls – and these programs accept students on a year-round basis. Here are two such schools:

• New Leaf Academy – Located in Central Oregon, the New Leaf program is tailored to the developmental, social, emotional and academic needs of pre-adolescent and young adolescent girls (ages 10 to 14 upon admission).
• Copper Canyon Academy – On a beautiful campus in a Central Arizona valley, teams of dedicated and experienced teachers and therapists help teen girls (ages 14 to 17) develop the skills and strategies that will allow them to live healthy, productive and successful lives.

Within weeks from the time you first read these words, your daughter could be in school and on her way to a more successful future. For more information about the many opportunities that are available to your family, click the links above or call (866) 828-7043.
 

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