Academics
Academic Services
Our academic dean, school counselors, and learning specialist work in tandem to guide and support students, academically, socially, and emotionally focusing on developing the whole person to ensure her success in living out our mission.
Academic Support
Saint Gertrude offers a challenging and rigorous academic experience while still providing the necessary support to meet the learning needs of all students. The goal of our student support team is to help maintain the dignity and uniqueness of each individual young woman with various diagnosed learning differences. Our dedicated learning support specialist provides a place for the students to attain various skills such as study techniques, time management, organizational strategies, goal planning, in addition to other reasonable accommodations.
Social and Emotional Support
Our school counselors promote, support, and enhance healthy student development throughout their time at Saint Gertrude. Our goal is for our students to feel empowered and supported as they grow mind, body, and spirit. Through classroom guidance, small group meetings, and individual counseling sessions, we promote the importance of self-care, healthy decision-making, conflict resolution, and balance in life.
Saint Gertrude prides itself on creating a “diverse, nurturing, and inclusive community in which together we make one another stronger.” To that end, the advisory program pairs students with faculty grade-level advisors who encourage and guide each student as she faces both the opportunities and challenges of an SGHS education. The advisor also plays a key role in each student’s healthy maturation and growth while supporting our mission to “prepare and inspire women to answer the challenges of their changing world.” The faculty advisor sees the student daily, is a well-informed adult who cares, is approachable, and is there to guide!
Library Services
The Bruce L. Howard, Jr. Library endeavors to support student and faculty growth as ethical consumers and responsible citizens in this digital age. Our goal is to foster lifelong learners and encourage empathy by cultivating critical thinking skills and providing access to material that represent diverse perspectives. To that end, the library provides physical and digital access to a curated collection of materials in a variety of formats.
Our dedicated librarian offers support and instruction in the library space while working with faculty to develop strategies and co-curricular initiatives to promote information literacy skills and behaviors that nurture a love for reading!
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