Andrew Ashmore a diverse school

Andrew Ashmore

Headmaster

Crestview Preparatory

1025 Chapel Street 

Brookshire, Vermont 61008

ZhiPing Fu

232000 Sun Palace 

Beijing China

Dear Mr. Fu,

It is with great honor that I write you this letter today as you and your wife stand at the precipice of the most important decision in your children's lives.

Firstly, I’m thrilled that you and your family have expressed interest in sending not one, but two of your daughters (twins!) to Crestview Preparatory. We know that our school literature gives you a fair idea of what we have to offer here at our world-renowned facilities, but what the pamphlets don’t quite show is the incredible diversity on Prestige Point. Our student population is 15% international and 30% minority students. Together, the Crestview Preparatory is like our school buffet with only rice and chicken and uncooked pasta; combined, they create a meal in gloriously dry harmony. After all, you are paying $120,000 for the best of food and the best of friends!

This show-stopping diversity, a true testament to the spirit of our administration, is shown within the walls of our completely rat-less dining hall. Inside the central heart of the Crestview campus is its world-famous cafeteria where tables are filled with students excitedly talking to one another. Let me introduce you to table number 1, also known as: the Asian squad, where you will witness extreme diversity. We have students from Japan, South Korea, North Korea, China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Next up is table number 2, known as the BSA Black Student Alliance club. We have the Americans, the Africans and also the UAEs. Continuing onto our tour we have the WSA, the White Student Alliance, where we have students all the way from Atlanta to Charlotte, who all look identical twinning with their Love Shack dresses that cost $400+.

Crestview Preparatory values community and making everybody feel at home. We have recently opened up an Asian cuisine station, designated for the Asian students that are studying abroad. Here is some of the feedback we received: “Who puts lemongrass in dumplings!” “I’ve never seen water in Zhajiangmian?” “How can rice be both crunchy and mushy?” Thomas Benellow once ate 20 of our lemongrass dumplings, while David Zhang ate none. 

This diversity extends from the dining hall to our world-renowned classrooms. Our academics are not the only thing making the Crestview Preparatory high school community special. Here’s one parent describing how happy he is about his daughter's classroom experience: “I’m telling you, it’s amazing here! My daughter is having such a blast in class. There are so many Asian students that the teachers can’t keep them straight. My daughter’s history teacher often mistakes her for one of the other Asians in his class. I know they look extremely alike; one is from China and one is from South Korea. One has single eyelids and one has double eyelids, but that shows the extreme diversity in Crestview.”

Our finest students who excel in the aforementioned classrooms are the Asians, of course. They all work extremely hard and definitely don’t have anything in common– they just work hard. They are the most dedicated and arguably least seen around campus: Jason Feng, Apple Li, David Zhang, Cindy Li, Daniel Liu, Danny Zhang, Jacob Smith, Hudson Owens, and Caroline Blessing, are our cum laude scholars from the previous academic year. They represent the diversity of Crestview’s top minds. At Crestview, no matter your background, ethnicity, religion, or country of origin, you can succeed! 

Many thanks for allowing me this opportunity to reveal to you Crestview’s diverse communities, and just how important it is that your girls segregate themselves within it. I hope you and your family will consider Crestview Preparatory, not only for academics but for life. If you have any further questions as you make this important decision for your children, do not hesitate to contact me at the information below.

Best regards,

Andrew Ashmore, PhD

Headmaster

Class of 1968

Princeton 1972

Columbia 1976

Yale 1980