Supporting Students at the Bay School
Each Bay School student plays an important and unique role as a member of our school community--contributing to a broad range of experience, interests, abilities, and passions. The school is committed to supporting the growth and development of each of our students as they mature during their high school years. Supplementing the individual attention that students receive daily in our small class academic environment, the Bay School provides a range of resource programs designed to support and encourage students in reaching their full potential.

Faculty Advisors: Guides and Advocates
Each student works closely with a member of the faculty or administration who serves as his/her advisor and advocate in both academic and personal matters relating to school life. In addition to getting to know each advisee personally, advisors are responsible for overseeing academic scheduling and monitoring academic progress in close collaboration with a student's teachers. Students meet each week during the academic day with their advisor in small advisory groups of between six and eight students and they are encouraged to schedule private meetings with their advisors as needed. Advisors also serve as an important link between home and school. Parents are invited to speak with their student's advisor about any questions they may have. Advisors facilitate student-parent conferences twice during the school year.

Tutorial and Flex Blocks
Three afternoons each week there is a designated mini-block within the academic schedule exclusively set aside as time for students to meet with their teachers individually or in small groups to receive academic support and guidance. This is also a time when students can meet with their advisors, work quietly in the library, or schedule conferences with the director of learning services. Because no other school activities are scheduled during the tutorial period, it is an important guaranteed time each week for students to focus on the content and organization of their academic workload. Additionally, 9th and 10th graders are assigned to a "Flex" period, or monitored study hall, that meets for 80 minutes approximately three times per week. The first 55 minutes of the Flex-time provide students with a structured, uninterrupted block of time to work on class work and homework during the school day. The freshmen and sophomores may then use the final 25 minutes of their Flex block to meet with teachers or socialize quietly on campus. Juniors and seniors also have Flex periods during which they are free to decide how to best use their time.