Advisory

Advisory groups meet weekly and seek to provide an opportunity for safe, close, mutually respectful relationships between students, adults, and peers. While scheduled activities provide valuable direction and structure at times, advisory is a relatively unstructured environment where teachers and students can speak and listen to each other as people—apart from the hierarchical relationships of teacher/student or upper/underclassman. During advisory, students are able to delve beneath the surface to learn more about themselves and the world around them.

“Our advisory program is a place where girls can develop meaningful relationships with a small group of peers and a trusted adult. Programming involves a mix of social-emotional learning, digital citizenship, class meetings, games to promote bonding with classmates, and time away from academics.”
—Katie Outlaw, Dean of Students, Middle School