Academics
The Writing Center
The Writing Center is a peer-to-peer writing resource available to all students.
Supervised by three faculty members, the Writing Center tutoring staff is comprised of some 30 juniors and seniors, including a cohort of experienced lead tutors. Peer tutors engage in extensive training and can support their peers with writing assigned in all subjects -- as well as writing projects students might be pursuing outside of school -- and at all stages of the writing process.
As Masters School students themselves, peer tutors have grappled with lab reports for science classes, humanities research papers, and English essays. They can offer their peers empathy as well as guidance. Trained to nurture writers rather than correct writing, peer tutors listen closely, ask thoughtful questions, and support the writer's own hopes and vision for their work.
The Writing Center offers individual conferences — both by appointment and drop-in.
In the Upper School, conferences are available each morning before school begins, during the school day, and after school during evening study hall hours. In the Middle School, individual conferences are available every morning before the start of school, except Fridays.
The Masters School
