TOP TEN REASONS TO DO A POSTGRADUATE YEAR AT BRIDGTON ACADEMY

1) An academic program tailored to the student's particular needs, background, and ambition.

2) An Advisor System through which a student is linked with a member of the faculty to provide a personal adult resource to the student throughout his year.

3) College-level courses in the College Articulation Program (CAP), through which students may earn transferable college credits.

4) Small class size, which enables student-faculty interaction daily.

5) Academic support resources which include a well-staffed Writing Center available to all students for help with any writing assignment every day; a Math Lab staffed by math teachers and peer tutors to help students with math problems in the evening; and extra help is provided by all teachers to their students whenever needed.

6) College-like courses which emphasize long-term assignments through which students learn the value of academic planning.

7) All courses provide students with academic syllabi to teach students how to plan to get work done.

8) Each student receives a planner with instruction about how to incorporate academic information from the syllabi, athletic and activity schedules, and personal calendar items, in order to plan for the semester, the quarter, each week, and each day.

9) Dormitory life with all postgraduate students, allowing students to experience the enjoyment of camaraderie and the challenges of adapting to life in a community of fellow students.

10) The opportunity to make choices about use of time, academic courses, or daily schedule, based upon personal judgment, while living away from home and the accustomed support of more familiar people and surroundings.