It feels good to be at the Met. Diversity Met students bring an incredible diversity of cultures, races, academic and socioeconomic backgrounds. We plan activities and groupings to take advantage of this diversity, allowing our students to learn from a variety of perspectives. At the Met, diversity is regarded as a building block for learning and knowledge. Combined with the longer weekly governance meetings, PMUs help create a close-knit, democratic community at the Met.
Students take turns running the governance meetings in a town-meeting style.
In the whole group or in committees, students and staff decide school policy, plan events, and address whole-school issues. Group Advisory Activities Advisories are considered teams, or even families, where students can share their lives and their learning. Team-building activities are often planned for each advisory. Other time is devoted to academic support, including peer tutoring and critique of work, group projects, skill-building, reading, writing, and debate. One of the year's culminating activities was a four-day camping trip for each advisory.