BGGA Admissions Guide 2019 | Page 51

HOUSING + STUDENT LIFE Student Care/Character and Leadership • A housing team who provide mentoring and life skills coaching/developing the whole person/building character. • Students may become Ambassadors, appointed as student leaders, who are given responsibility and tutored in leadership. • All students participate in the college athlete Habitudes character program. • Memorable activities are organized for weekends, some challenging but others purely recreational. • A Learning Center headed by Director of Academics, with specialist tutors for most subjects and also for ESL, SAT and ACT, as well as supervised Study Hall. • A Counseling service that reviews the development of all aspects of the students, from golf, through academics, to socialization, meeting regularly with students in one on one sessions. Our Student Care mission is to inspire, build and encourage excellence in character. Welcome to life on the Bishops Gate Golf Academy campus where you will make friends for a lifetime and have an incredible boarding school experience. Academy life is hard work, but there is plenty of fun and excitement to balance the demands of being a student-athlete. The Bishops Gate Golf Academy campus is much more than just a place to sleep and to study. It is a place to integrate academics, sports, character development and a healthy social experience. Students make friends from all over the world and thrive in this safe, caring and structured environment. This year, 20 countries and 10 states are represented 15% 34% 31% 13% 6% AD M I SSI O NS GUI D E 2019 5 1