Bobcat Stories

Next fall, Bosque School will open a Writing Center staffed by peer tutors. A common feature of collegiate life, writing centers offer students in all disciplines support in their writing process. Fourteen students were selected in a careful application process earlier this year. They are rising juniors Kiki, Gideon, Zander, Nola, Josie, Audrey L., Callie, and Ezra, and rising seniors Elizabeth, Amelie, Sam, Eleanor, Mackenzie, and Hannah M.  

These students will participate in an immersive course this May to train and strengthen their identities as writers and members of the peer tutor team. They will visit the writing centers at UNM and CNM to see this work in action at the college level. A highlight will be a writer’s retreat in the Pecos, including an afternoon attending author presentations at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival. They will write, role-play, and study both the writing process and the best ways to help their peers.  During the application process, many of the tutors shared stories of their struggles to master the various modes of writing in academic life and expressed a strong desire to help others overcome similar obstacles.

The Writing Center is being designed and led by Dr. Erin Zavitz and Katrina Murphy, upper school humanities teachers. Their goal is to create a place where all Bosque School students can go for help with their writing projects — whether an essay in the humanities or a lab report in the sciences. Along the way, they hope that the team of peer tutors will help students not only produce better writing but also become better, more confident writers.