Parents & Guardians,
Yesterday our students met for the first time in something called Advisory. Modeled after Responsive Classroom’s morning meeting, with which students are familiar from elementary school, Advisory is a small group of students and a staff member that will meet for 20 minutes each month between now and the end of the year. This program is a direct response to our school climate surveys from last year that told us we could be doing more to connect students to students and students to staff in our building. Some advisory periods will involve games that build connection and rapport among members of the advisory. Others will include academic goal setting. Still others will engage student voice in problem solving a school related issue. Feedback from students and staff yesterday was overwhelmingly positive. We look forward to our next advisory meeting on February 17th!

Sincerely,
Moran Administration