Andover Drug and Alcohol Awareness Committee meets weekly throughout the year to provide peer education and support for the campus around issues involving drugs and alcohol. The cluster system Each residential cluster is headed by a dean who is responsible for the health and well-being of the students in the cluster. The dean monitors students' academic performance, runs social functions for the cluster, chairs the cluster discipline committees, supports house counselors, proctors and prefects, and convenes the cluster council, which includes a student representative from each dorm in the cluster and day student representatives. The academy believes in a two-chance system that allows students to commit one major rule violation without being dismissed. The house counselor or day student adviser speaks to the student and also seeks information from other instructors and coaches.
Advisers meet bi-weekly with students to discuss academic progress.
The adoption last year of a new daily schedule reduced by one the number of homework preparations a student has for the following day. Graham House psychological services Graham House is staffed by professionals with advanced degrees in clinical psychology. The staff comprises three Ph.D. clinical psychologists licensed in Massachusetts and one master's degree level counselor. Counselors are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and work to promote healthy adolescent development. In an emergency, Graham House counselors are available on a 24-hour basis, including weekends.