With a commitment to the growth of the whole child, student services in the Lower School provides assistance to parents, students and teachers for a variety of needs. A full-time director of student services works on behalf of each child and serves as a liaison between school and home. The director of student services meets with students and parents on a regular basis to discuss age-and-stage related issues such as peer relationships, problem solving and group dynamics.
The director also works with parents and students of boys in fifth and sixth grade as they begin their application process to secondary schools. This includes meeting with parents in the spring and fall before they begin the application process, walking each family through the process with their son’s best interest in mind, working with the boys to help them prepare for interviews and school visits, and being available to answer questions each step along the way. The director of student services also organizes and facilitates meetings with the fourth and fifth grade parents to discuss placement. In addition to working with families, the director distributes, organizes and sends recommendations from teachers and forwards transcripts and standardized test scores to the secondary schools.