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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...

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...

Counselors send schoolwide mental health email

Tessa Augsberger
February 11, 2021

Upper School Counselors Michelle Bracken, Brittany Bronson and Tina McGraw and Athletics Counselor Kat Scardino sent an all-school email Thursday addressing heightened mental health concerns in the school...

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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