Advising This Week

Hello,

The potluck went very well. It was a positive and timely meeting, and I want to thank our liaison John Ross for organizing it. I think that it would be valuable to have one every quarter. There was much kind and hopeful feedback about the school, and the concerns seemed to focus largely on school culture so the independent model can work more effectively.

I say it was timely because much of the time we are spending now in advising is on the constitution and community identity. Today we have a class meeting and Friday we will have a constitution review and quiz, orientation and certification on how to use supplies and be in certain spaces, detailing ILP and project plans, work with buddies, and more.

Tonight is the upper school open house at 6:30. Come along and talk to other teachers about your student's experience upstairs. It will also be a time where you can sign up for conferences with me. They start next Monday and can be scheduled up through the 15th. Progress reports will have been delivered by then and be available for those meetings.

There will also be a volunteer sign-up sheet for all of my classes and the upper school in general. If you would like to be trained on the constitution and the OVRR system (how it stands) then the students and I can arrange that before any volunteer time occurs.

Again, thanks for being a great advising class! Look through these syllabae and be sure to ask questions about due dates as the come up. This is also a site for all advising activities and calendar adjustments. The middle school newsletter will be emailed separately.

Kirk