It is hard to believe that we are preparing to move into our fourth year of the Student Mentor program at the Middle School.

Growing out of a suggestion from Student Forum back in 2017, this program works to help new students acclimate to the Middle School by providing peer mentors to offer support and act as resources during the orientation process and throughout the school year.

It is with sincere gratitude that I say thank you to current mentors Alizeh Ali '24, Lucia Cinquino '24, Alicia Gordon '24, Joey Oltman '24, Joseph Phillips '24, Xander Ritchey '24, Valia Tsirukis '24, and Divya Verma '24, whose in-person service was outstanding and unexpectedly over too soon. We wish them all the best at the Upper School, where they will be the “mentees.” Before we know it, they’ll be leading once again.

We are very pleased to announce the rising eighth graders who will serve as Student Mentors in the new year. Congratulations to the following students: Grayson Domzalski '25, Jolie Eyvazzadeh '25, Ben Greenberg '25, Brooke Lopez, Abigail Marsh '25, Angie Perrucci '25, Ronak Saramya '25, Rowan Taylor '25, Leann Villa '25, Ava Williams '25, and Hunter Zicherman '25.

We look forward to another year of great leadership as we continue to develop our mentor program for the benefit of our new students.