Senior Peer Program

About the Program
A select number of Greenwich Academy and Brunswick School seniors participate in the Senior Peer Program. Pairs of seniors offer weekly discussions and social activities to small, coed groups of ninth graders. This program helps freshmen adjust to life in the Upper School and, at the same time, provides excellent opportunities for seniors to develop and strengthen a sense of purpose and responsibility.

Activity Day kicks off the Senior Peer Program on September 4th at 8:30 on GA's campus--just before school begins. It serves as orientation to the Upper School for all ninth graders at GA and Brunswick. This all-day event includes activities that allow freshmen to get to know one another, their senior peers and the school. Subsequent meetings once a week during the first semester provide a comfortable environment for freshmen to integrate into their new school and its academic, athletic and social demands.

Senior Retreat occurs August 24-26 and is designed to prepare the senior peers for their semester as facilitators of a freshmen group. Held at Camp Sloane in Lakeville, Connecticut, the retreat provides an opportunity to develop the skills necessary to facilitate a group and to deepen each senior's self understanding. The seniors then meet weekly on Monday nights to prepare their freshmen sessions and to further develop their skills as group facilitators.

Applications for the 2008 Senior Peer Program will be available to all juniors at GA and Brunswick. The program next year will need 36 seniors --18 from GA and 18 from Brunswick. The interview process begins with the application, a personal interview with a faculty facilitator on the opposite campus, an advisor recommendation and a group interview.

Click here to download the Application Form

For more information, please contact Stephen Duennebier , Brian Shepard, and Wendy Biddle at Brunswick or Tancee Brodeur-Sassi , Lacey Friedman, and Jonnie Moorhead at Greenwich Academy.