Community and Mentorship

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  1. STUDENT SENATE
    Beginning in 10th grade, students can participate in the Student Senate. The Mission Statement for the Student Senate reads:

    The Student Senate of Geneva School of Boerne serves the Rhetoric School student body in order to exercise responsibility, mold godly character, and create a more effective learning environment where students realize the importance of a Christian and classical education.

    Through the Student Senate, students take an active role in determining the culture of the campus by deciding upon, planning, and implementing traditions, clubs, social events, dances, banquets, and ministry projects.

    Additionally, to some degree, the Student Senate may affect policy through representing concerns of the student body to the administration. Most importantly, however, the Student Senate has the responsibility of maintaining the standards and direction of the school through servant leadership. Each senator is, by default, a member of what was formerly called the “Honor Council,” and responsible for facilitating the student body’s adherence to the Honor Code. Senators are chosen to represent both their grades and their houses.

  2. HOUSE SYSTEM

    The House System is designed as a vehicle for intentional community outside of academic classes and across grade levels. Every Rhetoric student is inducted and placed into one of the four houses (Chaucer, Lewis, Sayers, and Milton). Houses are led by student senators and House Moms.

  3. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
    The National Honor Society is a national organization that recognizes scholarship, service, character, and leadership. Application packets for interested juniors and seniors are available in the spring.
  4. CLUBS
    Students who wish to start a club should secure a faculty advisor and submit a written proposal to the headmaster. Clubs must have a faculty or staff sponsor and maintain an updated list of members.
  5. AIM
    All 11th grade students and selected 12th grade students participate in AIM—Adopt, Integrate, and Mentor. Grammar School classes grades K through 5 adopt Rhetoric students as their leaders/buddies. This allows for integration of age levels on the campus and provides opportunities for mentorship. Lasting bonds are often forged, and it does students good to know that little ones are looking to them as heroes. Though engagement varies during the year, the regular AIM time is Wednesday mornings at 8:00am in the student’s assigned Grammar School room. Though students may record this time as service hours, this does not earn house points for service hours. Students should be aware that this is a part of the school day and is not optional. All attendance policies apply to AIM.

  6. COLLEGE PREP
    Guidance counseling for college admissions is provided by the College and Academic Advisor. Beginning in 10th grade, students are given guidelines and cumulative notebooks for preparation. Naturally, this preparation time ramps up significantly during the junior and senior years.

    College Advising at Geneva School of Boerne starts with the understanding that every student is made in imago dei – created in the image of God. The purpose of the College Advising office is to partner with students and their families to help identify the students’ God-given giftings and aspirations and to help match the students to the colleges that best fit their academic, career and spiritual goals.

    Our process is guided by scripture, with an emphasis on Psalm 139. Through scripture, we know the following truths about God and His role over our process:

    God’s Design
    God knit you together – Psalm 139:13

    God’s Sovereignty
    God ordains all your days – Psalm 139:16
    God has prepared you to do good works – Ephesians 2:10

    God’s Peace 
    God knows your heart – Psalm 139:23
    God’s peace guards your heart and mind – Philippians 4:7

    God’s Glory Not to you but to God’s name be the glory – Psalm 115:1

    You have been made for the good of others and to reflect God’s glory. Your life is in His gracious and capable hands. Knowing this means you can approach the college admission process with the peace that passes all understanding and the joy of discovery because living for His purposes is deeply satisfying. Having confidence that God individually cares for you means resting in knowing He is perfectly leading and guiding you and has a place for you in your next stage of life. This should change how you handle the fear, pressure and anxiety normally associated with this process.

  7. TUTORING
    If a student is encountering difficulty in a particular subject, the first step is to seek extra help from the teacher involved. Teachers are more than willing to schedule extra time before school, during lunch, or during study halls. In any case, students should approach the teacher and make an appointment for the mutually convenient time. Teachers may tutor students in their classes for a short duration only and may not accept payment. Students in need of more assistance must seek outside, professional tutoring.

    Additionally, many of our upperclassmen are willing to tutor. Students who might desire help from a peer should notify the teacher or the office. Students who wish to offer some time to tutor others should notify the office as well.