Narrowing the focus

Earlier this month, the Advisory students got into two groups to focus on their two chief priorities at this point in the year. The first involves doing a November fundraiser called "Turkeygrams," where for $1 students will be able to send a message - along with some treats - to other students in the school. Today, the students are expected to work out some of the details regarding what the Turkeygrams will look like, what they'll contain, when they'll sell them, how they'll advertise them, etc.

Our second Advisory group is interested in creating a public service announcement. Last time they discussed potential topics. The top two were the dangers of texting and driving and proper hallway etiquette. Today they are expected to choose one of those topics and begin storyboarding their PSA.

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Charting a course

On our first "real" Advisory meeting of the year (9/15/11), students broke into five groups and discussed some goals and objectives for our Advisory group. They included the following:

* Doing a community service project
* Arranging an educational field trip to a local museum or similar venue
* Scheduling a tour of one of the local colleges
* Creating a public service announcement on an issue important to high school students
* Organizing a fundraiser for a charitable or non-profit organization

After generating ideas, the students presented their ideas and weighed the pros and cons.

This year, the activities in our Advisory will be based around the following four themes:

1) Academic and Extracurricular Achievement, 2) Citizenship and Community, 3) Personal Responsibility, 4) Effective Communication


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