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America’s Best High Schools: The Top 100 (Massachusetts to Washington)

Is your child slated to go to one of the top 100 high schools? Here is the second half of a list I’ve started in a previous blog. What makes them the best of the best is that they have the highest porportion of students taking either Advanced Placement exams or International Bacclaureate exams. Massachusetts #82 Boston Latin Boston Maryland #15 Richard Montgomery Rockville #34 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Bethesda #51 Wootton Rockville #75 Churchill Potomac Michigan #9 International Academy Bloomfield Hills #55 Black River Holland Missouri #40 Metro Academic & Classical St. Louis New Jersey #83 McNair Academic Jersey City New … Continue reading →

So You Just Found Out You’re Having Twins (or More)!

There we were, all five of us: me, my husband, and our three children. We were ready to get our first glimpse of what we thought would be the newest addition to the family. The technician turned on the screen, did a few quick scans and immediately my husband and I looked at each other. She asked me if this was my first sonogram for the pregnancy and quickly turned off the screen. I’m not a big fan of getting multiple sonograms throughout pregnancy and so at 24 weeks, it was late for a diagnosis of this nature. She quickly … Continue reading →