lifelong friends.” Keskikyla now works as a consultant for Newton North America. “The education, experiences and friendships that I cultivated during my time at Crescent School would not have been possible without financial aid,” says Japteg Singh ’07. Singh recently completed an internship at the Ontario Health Coalition and is now pursuing a post-graduate degree in global health at McMaster University. “Crescent provided me with a supportive learning environment that not only fostered
Measuring Up
a strong academic foundation to succeed but also the life skills, social values and moral integrity to help me be the person I am today," he says.
Enriching The Educational Experience For All Crescent Boys While it is easy to think about financial aid in terms of how it benefits its recipients – the student, his immediate family and community, and also his future
family and career – it also has a positive impact on every boy at Crescent. “Most people understand the benefit of financial aid to the boy and his family who receive it,” says Shaw. “What’s often less understood is the incredible benefit it has for all the boys at the School. To be exposed to kids from all different walks of life, with different ways of thinking, from different parts of the city, different ethnic backgrounds – that is enriching.” Research shows that diverse organizations and teams function more
Here’s how Crescent compares to selected peer schools.
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“Thanks to the Dentonia Scholarship program, I was able to take advantage of the immense resources Crescent has to offer without being limited by financial obstacles.” Nathaniel Diakun ’15 is now at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.
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