| | The purpose of the Freshman Advisory pilot program is to provide students with academic support, foster relationships, encourage peer mentoring, and provide an adult on campus to serve as an advocate for each freshman. Our hope is to make the transition into a high school with over 2000 students a pleasant experience where each and every student feels supported! | |
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| | Advisory meets on Mondays during a portion of lunch. (See bell schedule below.) Students are permitted to eat their lunch during Advisory. Students meet in Advisory rooms for three weeks in a row and then meet as an entire class on each of the fourth weeks. Mondays are closed campus days for all freshmen.
11:50 - Students released to lunch
12:02 - First bell for Frosh to go to Advisory
12:07 - Advisory begins
12:37 - Advisory ends
12:44 - 5th period begins
Note: Food Services has made adjustments in order to better accomodate students on closed campus days. An additional food cart is located near the B building facing the library. | |
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| | Advisory is a fun, relaxed atmosphere where students will learn and participate in activities to help them make connections and improve academically. Junior and senior students (who served as their Link Crew Leaders during Freshmen Orientation) will spend some time mentoring and continuing their supportive relationships with their group. For a look at the Advisory full year schedule, click the link below.
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| | Thirty-three staff members have volunteered their time to participate in this year's Advisory pilot program. These staff members cover nearly every department on campus, including Counseling and Administration. Staff volunteer planning and implementation time. For a list of volunteer Advisors, please click the link below.
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| | Advisory is not a new concept. Hundreds of schools across the nation have found enormous benefits to Advisory programs. For some significant points of research or to see a list of schools with successful Advisory programs, please click on the links below.
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| | We hope to continually communicate all the latest regarding Advisory. Below are links to previous updates.
December 2007 - Community Workshop | |
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| | We are constantly evaluating the Freshman Advisory program's effectiveness and working on ways to improve it. Our goal is to imbed Advisory in to the regular student day. In order to assess the effectiveness of the program, we collect a wide range of data, such as student surveys, Advisor surveys, grades, drop-out rates, attendance, overall GPAs, activity involvement, and peer mentoring contacts. | |
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| | If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please direct them to one of the following:
John Shepherd, Assistant Principal 879-5110 jshepherd@pvchico.org
Amy Besnard, Advisory Coordinator 879-5100 abesnard@pvchico.org | |
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