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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 15, 2019

The Art of War

May 15, 2019

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

May 15, 2019

May 10, 2019

Strawberry Fields Forever

May 10, 2019

Advisory group explores the seemingly never-ending strawberry fields at Chiles Orchard in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

May 10, 2019

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 1, 2019

College Unbound

Mar 1, 2019

Over the past week, MSA’s Assistant College Placement Director, Mrs. Hixson, has met with the sophomores and juniors to begin a dialogue about the college search and admissions process.

Mar 1, 2019