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Partnership of 12 mentor network
Sky-high aspirations?
We’ll help get you there.
At Northfield Mount Hermon, no one goes it alone. With so many opportunities and experiences within your grasp, how will you find a path that’s fulfilling, focused on achievement, and maybe even life-changing? Every NMH student is surrounded by a network of compassionate adult mentors: advisors, teachers, coaches, and residential staff. It’s what we call our Partnership of 12. We guide you on your individual journey and help you become the best version of yourself.
College Counselor
Cocurricular Faculty Advisor
Academic Faculty
Dorm Faculty
Academic Faculty
STUDENT Parent
Dorm Faculty
Dorm Faculty
Dorm Faculty
Workjob Supervisor
Academic Faculty
Coach
How the Partnership of 12 Supports Students The 12
StudentAdvisor Ratios DormAffiliated Advisors
Every single NMH program involves adults who support each participating student. The inner circle represents the core of the student’s support — adults who are connected to the student all year and meet on a regular basis throughout the year. The adults on the outer circle change depending on the trimester (co-curricular and workjob) or semester (academic), but they also get to know the student well. They communicate with the advisor as needed. Together, the 12 adults provide a variety of people to whom a student can turn for counsel and support. Every student has an advisor and each advisor has direct responsibility for 5–7 students. Students and their advisors are based in the same dorm. This means that all advisors either live in the dorm or are affiliated with the dorm, and most have weekly evening responsibilities in the dorm. This residential advisor-advisee connection makes it easy to gather as a group, allows advisors to establish an adult community presence in each dorm, and enables advisors to understand and monitor group dynamics in the dorm. Dorm staff meet every other week to discuss student residents, schedule duties, and plan activities.
StudentTeacher Ratios per Semester
NMH faculty members teach an average of 30 students each semester. Because teachers have residential responsibilities and serve as advisors, they are able to observe and support students in the evening and on weekends.
Residential Leaders
Well-trained student Residential Leaders (RLs) meet biweekly with adults based in their dorms. RLs are integral in supporting students as individuals, and as part of the dorm, they help maintain a positive dorm culture.
Dean of Student Life Programs
The dean of student life programs oversees the formal element of the advising program: weekly meetings between students and advisors that follow a curriculum to support goal setting, self-evaluation, selection of classes, and other advising topics.
Learning Assessment Passport
Each student has a digital document that is managed by the student’s advisor to gather information about the student, to help them reflect on their experiences on a regular basis, and to set both short- and long-term goals for the year. This document is shared with the student’s partnership group each year.
Dorm-Based Folders
Two dorm-based electronic folders exist for the students and the faculty associated with each dorm. The first is accessible only to the faculty, allowing the adults to communicate with each other about student concerns, general duty notes, and the smooth functioning of the dorm. The second is accessible to students and faculty, and provides daily news and information about dorm activities.
Northfield Mount Hermon Office of Admission One Lamplighter Way Mount Hermon, Massachusetts 01354 413-498-3227 admission@nmhschool.org www.nmhschool.org 2022-23