St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Question and Answer with Ms. Behr, Director of Magis 1. What is Mogis? Mogis works with students front backgrounds that has-c not traditionally been represented at SI. Many of our students will be among the first members of their family to attend college. We work with middle school students to get them ready for a college prep high school (like SI), and we work with high school students at SI to provide academic support and tutoring as well as social support and activities, we also hope to educate all SI students about different cultures as well os issues of justice in our society. 2. Why did Magis (the program) choose the word “nugis as the name of its program? Our middle school program was known as Uplift until 2000. When I started as Director, we had a chance to cxpaisd tlie middle school program and create a high school program as well. To mark tlvc changes, we decided to change the program's name to something that better reflected our new mission. Mr. Dullca liked all that “nugis encompassed, and the new name was initiated in the fill of 2000. i. How docs Magis improve SI? Maos helps students succeed and feel comfortable at SI. It presides an outlet for students to find a place for themselves here and to feel tlut their background and culture is valued. 4. Why do you think this program is so important to the mission of SI? Ignatius calls each of us to serve others w ith generosity and humility. Magis helps SI to nuke sure that we arc truly answering Ignatius' call to be open to all of the communities that surround us today. 5. How do you think the Magis program is making the future better for those in the program and those outside the program? Magis provides opportunity. What a student chooses to do with that opportunity is up to him or her. SI students hase incredible opportunities during and after their four years here. Magis ltdps to open up those opportunities to people who otherwise may miss put - students who hase never heard of SI, students who may not be able to pay lull tuition, students who would otlterwisc not receive college preparation and counseling. Magis also provides opportunities for all SI students to meet people bo are different from them (and discover everything that they really have in common) and to explore their own feelings about and comfort with issues of diversity. lOWOpcmns