Student Services

List of 3 items.

• The Seminar Program

  Every Mercy Girl has Seminar built into her schedule. Each grade level has a primary focus, building on skills developed in prior years.
  
  Freshmen Year: Adjusting to high school through ATL (Approaches to Learning) skill development—Thinking, Communication, Social, Self-Management, & Research
  

  • Skills for success: Learning styles, time management, integrity, digital citizenship, exam preparation, public speaking
  • Mercy traditions and culture
  • Health and wellness: Sleep, practicing gratitude, mindfulness, depression, alcohol awareness
  • Academic programming: Service requirement, course registration, beginning the IB Personal Project
  • College planning: PSAT 9, finding purpose, introduction to SCOIR, documenting activities and achievements

  
  Sophomore Year: Continued skill-building
  

  • IB MYP Personal Project
  • College planningL PreACT prep and score return, career/strengths assessment, orientation to SCOIR, finding your college fit, the power of networking
  • Introduction to being a Big Sister

  
  Junior Year: College search and planning for admissions
  

  • PSAT prep and college admissions teasting
  • The college search
  • Overview of college admissions
  • Understanding college data
  • Cost of college
  • Career/interest inventory
  • Building your resume
  • The recommendation process
  • Essay brainstorming
  • Beginning the Common Application

  
  Senior Year: College admissions
  

  • Overview of the application process and timelines
  • The financial aid process (FAFSA and CSS Profile)
  • Application worktime
  • Mock Interviews
  • Myers Briggs Preference Inventory
  • Applying for outside scholarships
  • State-based financial aid
  • Introduction to the Mercy High School Alumnae Association
  • Getting started with LinkedIn

• The Adviser Program

  A four-year mentoring model, students are provided with daily care and attention, allowing them to thrive both at Mercy and in the future. Advisee groups are small, typically 15 students or less, and students usually stay with the same adviser throughout their years at Mercy. The Adviser Program provides:
  
  

  • Daily contact through morning advisory period
  • A primary point of contact with families
  • Individual meetings as needed
  • Group activities throughout the year

  
  The Adviser Program assures each Mercy Girl has a consistent contact with a faculty member in a manner different from a classroom relationship. The adviser oversees the student’s academic program and her progress and participation in all aspects of Mercy High School. 
  
  Each student is assigned an adviser when she joins the Mercy community, and typically stays with the same group all four years. This ongoing relationship provides better knowledge of the student and her family, and this relationship assists the adviser in helping each Mercy Girl with her academic and personal development.

• Individual Counseling

  Mercy has two full-time counselors on staff who meet with students individually, lead seminar classes, and work with teachers to effectively support Mercy Girls.