The Advisory System provides opportunities for small group interaction during which faculty members get to know individual students personally and assist them with any problems they encounter. Students learn that the advisor is the one person who will always be there, will care, will listen and offer advice and support. At the same time, he or she is also the faculty member through whom grade reports come, and with whom parents can discuss the progress of their child. In this way, the advisors become a personal communication link between the parents and the school. Throughout the year, advisories meet regularly to discuss issues and concerns, and to work together on school and community service projects.
Advisees sit with their advisors in our daily chapel services.
Copies of report cards are given to advisors each quarter. Advisors seek ways to praise advisees for their accomplishments, comfort them when problems arise, and recognize special events such as birthdays. Two special advisory activities are the pumpkin carving contest in late October and our Advent projects. Each Christmas project reaches out to the Austin community in a significant way. Complementing our Advisory System is our counseling program.