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Twice yearly during the Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years, each student sits with his tutors and hears their observations on his work. The primary aim of the Don Rag is not, like a report card, to state the degree of a student’s mastery of the material. It is, rather, an occasion for offering him specific advice on how to improve his class preparation and participation and to help him advance in the intellectual life.

“My hope is to support parents and educators in helping their students to learn, regardless of the struggles they encounter,” says Margaret Walsh (’15), Catholic education therapist, of her first book,