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The Student Success Center will provide a supervised study space where students can complete homework with on-site coaching on organization and study skills. It will facilitate academic support for students through a new math lab and an improved writing center. The SSC also will support and oversee students pursuing internships, mentorships, independent studies, and distance-learning. In accord with MSA’s mission, the Student Success Center (SSC) will have a formal system to ensure that all students are provided the resources, advising, and support to maximize their potential—both inside and outside the classroom. Building upon the success of MSA’s current advisory system, its peer-tutoring program, its writing center, and its college placement office, the SSC aims to create individual success plans customized for each student at MSA.

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SUCCESS RESOURCES

MAKE YOUR OWN PATH

SUCCESS PLANSWe get to know every student at MSA and leverage their strengths with hands-on coaching and unique success plans.

COLLEGE PLACEMENT Matching the individual personality of a senior with the collective culture of a college is absolutely essential.

ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES Finding the right path to success outside the classroom.

STUDY SKILLSLearning the key to academic proficiency.

WRITING CENTERThe objective of the Writing Center is to help you get your “ideas on paper” in a clear and articulate fashion.

MATH LABSolving problems together in a supportive setting with multiple methods.

IT HELP DESKMaking the best and most efficient use of technology resources with expert assistance.

PEER TUTORINGPositive peer pressure leads to great outcomes. MSA's National Honor Society members tutor their peers .

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIESMake the most of your summer with the help of SSC.

MEET THE STAFFOver twenty years of experience designing and teaching instructional methods.

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SUCCESS STORIES

NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS

NEWS

May 9, 2019

Lost in Translation

May 9, 2019

Utilizing the independent study program, Simon got caught up in his passion for Latin—to the point where you could say he was “lost in translation.”

May 9, 2019

Apr 10, 2019

Poetic License

Apr 10, 2019

Literally and figuratively, Emily’s life has been one of poetry—and MSA’s unique focus on each student’s strength has given her the poetic license to succeed.

Apr 10, 2019

Mar 5, 2019

Building His Own Path

Mar 5, 2019

Sometimes the best classroom is not a classroom. Jay Drake engages both his mind and his hands in a project that will serve the school for decades to come.

Mar 5, 2019

Mar 2, 2019

America the Beautiful

Mar 2, 2019

Stella Ma maps out her own senior capstone project in Design/Build and produces one of the most remarkable pieces in school history.

Mar 2, 2019

All the World is a Stage

Mar 2, 2019

Public speaking takes center stage with Senior Speeches and other opportunities on the Hill to master the art of oration.

Mar 2, 2019

Mar 1, 2019

Catch Me If You Can

Mar 1, 2019

Katie Clouse wins Nationals and represents Team USA at World Championships while still pursuing academics at full speed.

Mar 1, 2019

Jan 23, 2019

A Portrait of the Scholar as a Young Man

Jan 23, 2019

Writing notes into the margins of books doesn’t normally make headlines, but what Tom Sun is doing goes to the heart of what MSA is about.

Jan 23, 2019

Nov 1, 2018

The Art of War

Nov 1, 2018

MSA senior develops his own theory of how to win a war during American Civil War seminar.

Nov 1, 2018

Oct 28, 2018

Power of Being Uncomfortable

Oct 28, 2018

Watch Zoe Ding’s powerful Senior Speech. “I was so glad that I had chosen to make myself uncomfortable, so, in the end, I could feel so comfortable with the results.”

Oct 28, 2018