THE ADVISORY PROGRAM
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Every student at BA has an assigned advisory group that meets weekly and serves as a space for students to grow individually while building meaningful relationships with peers and faculty. The three main goals of advisory time are group bonding, faith-building, and character development. The faith-building piece often takes the form of discussing what was talked about in chapel, offering prayer requests, or sharing testimonies. Character development is accomplished through a curriculum designed to provide opportunities for students to learn about social and emotional topics. Lastly, advisory groups function as a place for students to have fun while getting to know each other better.
In middle school, advisory groups are made up of all-boy or all-girl students who are in the same grade. Every year, middle school students will receive a new advisory group placement. This allows students to have the opportunity to form relationships with more people in their grade as they move through these foundational years.
Once students move into upper school, the advisory experience will shift. Upper school advisory groups are still divided by boys and girls, but are comprised of students from each grade, 9th-12th. Students keep the same general group and advisor for their life-cycle in the upper school. We believe this allows for the crucial elements of leadership, discipleship, and mentorship to organically arise between students. It also gives each student an advisor that will follow and support them throughout their upper school experience at BA.
Advisory groups are a long-standing tradition that are vital to our mission of nurturing and challenging each whole person – body, mind, and spirit – to the glory of God.
