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Peer Support holds weekly meetings

Kara Jazaeri, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
October 31, 2024

Peer Support held its first and second meetings of the school year on Oct. 7 and Oct. 14 . Peer Support is a student-led on-campus program designed to provide Upper School students with a safe space to...

Peer Support kicked off the 2024-25 school year with their annual retreat at the Oaks Camp and Conference Center Sept. 7-9. Leaders and trainees bonded over team-building activities to prepare for the new year.

Peer Support leaders, trainees attend retreat

Erin Ryu, Assistant News Editor
September 22, 2024

Peer Support leaders and trainees attended a retreat at the Oaks Camp and Conference Center in Lake Hughes from Sept. 7-9. Students participated in several team-building activities, such as a ropes course...

Peer Support coordinators selected for 2024-2025 school year

Colin Ho, Staff Writer
April 24, 2024

Van Kamenstein ’25, Pearl Gatins ’25, and Assistant Opinion Editors Eden Conner ’25 and Hana Mehdi Williams ’25 were chosen to serve as Peer Support coordinators for the 2024-2025 school year,...

A Peer Support group, led by junior trainees and senior leaders, meets in a Rugby classroom for their first meeting of the year.

Peer Support holds first meeting of the year

Saisha Kumar
October 9, 2022

Peer Support launched its first meeting of the year after school Oct. 3. Students were provided with pizza and refreshments while awaiting announcements regarding group assignments at 5:45 p.m. Peer...

Peer Support, the school's interpersonal counseling program, celebrates its 30th anniversary.

Peer Support turns 30

Thirty years after its founding, community members share their experiences and memories of the Peer Support program.
Fallon Dern and Alex Hahn
December 25, 2021

It is 6:30 p.m. in Chalmers 305. With their backs pressed against flipped-over desks, 14 students are seated facing each other. Unopened boxes of Animal Crackers and Lays potato chips are piled in the...

Peer Support Coordinators gather members in order to disperse them into groups. Prior to receiving their group assignments, students enjoyed food and drinks in the Student Lounge.

Peer Support reaches new sign-up record

Claire Conner
October 5, 2021

After receiving a record number of sign-ups, Peer Support gathered for its first meeting of the school year Oct. 4. Peer Support meets once weekly to share social and academic issues and bond with group...

From left to right: Peer Support Leaders and Trainees Lily Saada '22, Eliza Koblentz '23, Alec Rosenthal '22, Sophia Haynes '22, Henry Wendorf '23, Will Sherwood '23 and Harry Tarses '23 relax in their pajamas before going to sleep. The Peer Support retreat is one of the few overnight trips the school has authorized since the pandemic.

Peer Support retreat kicks off 2021-22 program

Fallon Dern
September 18, 2021

Peer Support leaders and trainees participated in a bonding retreat at Camp Ramah from Sept. 10 to 12. This marked the program's first overnight trip since COVID-19 moved the group meetings to Zoom. Students...

Students gathered at school Saturday, Feb. 20, for the first on-campus Peer Support meeting of the  school year.

Peer Support holds first on-campus meeting of the year

Charlie Seymour
February 25, 2021

Students gathered at school Saturday, Feb. 20, for the first on-campus Peer Support (PSUPP) meeting of the  school year. Each respective PSUPP group sat in socially distanced circles on the upper school’s...

Students invited back to campus for social activities

Sandra Koretz
October 31, 2020

In an email to upper school students, Prefect Council announced that the campus will be open to students to participate in small group activities starting the week of Nov. 9. Attending these group activities...

Letter to the Editors – Head of Peer Support Tina McGraw

This Letter to the Editors was written in response to factual inaccuracies in the opinion article, "Conflict Crisis," published in issue one of Volume 30. Peer Support started 30 years ago, right before...

Conflict Crisis

Julian Andreone
August 27, 2020

A Letter to the Editors was written in response to this piece and published in issue two of Volume 30 in order to address factual inaccuracies. Peer Support, the largest club on campus, presents itself...

McGraw ’01 returns to teach psychology

Lucas Lee
September 15, 2018

Tina McGraw ’01 will return to her alma mater as both the head of Peer Support and a psychology teacher. She will be transferring to a school setting for the first time after working in drug and...

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