Whatever you need, whatever your ambition, we'll set you on your way.

Hebron Academy Guidance Center (AGC) supports students with learning differences, students who need study strategies and those who require distraction-free testing or even extended time. The AGC's team of highly qualified faculty and trained professional who work closely with each student, their teachers, advisor and the Student Support Team to develop personalized strategies to achieve academic success.

Academic coaching is scheduled regularly each week based on the individual student. Support is available during the evening study hall and for untimed tests in a distraction-free environment. Students progress to be independent, personally accountable learners who know how to access available resources and can confidently self-advocate.

The intent of the Academic Guidance Center is to build a stronger and more independent student who is aware of their strengths and challenges. Students learn to manage their academic work, advocate for themselves and use academic tools and strategies to succeed.

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The Academic Guidance Center is principled on developing personalized academic strategies, academic confidence, and self-awareness to achieve identified, individualized goals and classroom success.

The Approach

Celebrating and Supporting Neurodiversity

Academic Guidance is scheduled as a class period and meets regularly within the school day: two, three or four times each week are options for every student at Hebron.

During Academic Guidance sessions, students meet one-on-one with an Academic Guidance Center coach. The sessions are designed to provide strategies for particular learning challenges unique to that student. Homework completion is not the sole goal of AGC, however, the assignments and current content may be the context for improving skills and developing strategies.

Students in the Academic Guidance are able to participate in Structured Study Hall, where academic guidance and support is available to students as needed.

The AGC works closely with each student's teachers, advisor, and dorm parents. The structured communication with faculty allows AGC to identify areas of concern and growth for the participant and to coach classroom faculty on strategies for assisting the student in their respective disciplines.

The Academic Guidance Department is available for untimed tests and/or as a distraction-free testing environment.

The Process

Our strategy is not one size fits all.

Students, parents, teachers, advisors, and the AGC staff all work together to help each student achieve academic success. Each student is assigned a team leader that coordinates communication, develops the learning plan, and ensures that the student's learning profile is updated and utilized by teachers.

Each student's learning plan in AGC is individualized and incorporates a wide variety of interventions, such as study skills, written expression instruction, scaffolding, metacognitive skills, self-advocacy, and reading comprehension support. Students enrolled in the Academic Guidance Center are assigned a class period to work directly with the staff in AGC on improving executive function skills. Typically, Academic Guidance classes are taught one-on-one or one-on-two.

The AGC staff oversees and reports progress through recorded notes, communication with teachers and parents, and term and midterm evaluations. The student curriculum may change based on feedback from the student, teachers, or their term/midterm grades.

Professional development meetings, online resources, and professional conferences are utilized by faculty to ensure that students enrolled in AGC are receiving learning supports based on current best practices.

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"Our AGC faculty take a personalized approach to supporting each student to develop the academic skills, independence, and confidence necessary to achieve success, both at Hebron and beyond. And, above all, it is the unwavering demonstration of care conveyed to each student, and the resulting strong relationships formed, that makes our AGC team most impactful."

General Academic Support

Advisor Program

Each student has an advisor and is part of a small group that meets weekly and joins together for School Meeting and activities. The advisor supports his/her students with academic goal setting, course selections, and community service participation, and is there as a go-to for any questions or concerns that arise. We also believe in the benefits of a rousing game of Uno, the health benefits of hugs and the coming together over a plate of home-baked cookies.

The advisor is the on-campus advocate, proud cheerleader, and student champion that helps students learn how to get the most out of every Hebron opportunity to enjoy a balanced life of academics and extracurricular activities. The advisor is also a liaison for the parents, there to help with questions and as a part of the regular trimester report communication.

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Whatever you need, whatever your ambition, we'll set you on your way.

The intent of the Academic Guidance Center is to build a stronger and more independent student who is aware of their strengths and challenges. Students learn to manage their academic work, advocate for themselves and use academic tools and strategies to succeed.