Mrs.
Anderson’s Advisory
Mrs. Anderson’s advisory group is quite
an active bunch! The room is always
filled with excited conversation and friendly competition. The students and Mrs. Anderson work hard during
their advisory contests. They had a
particularly tough challenge the day they were asked to flip a plastic table
cloth over using on their feet! After
several failed attempts, Ellie had a plan and Noah became the leading voice to
make it happen. “Shuffle people! Bigger shuffles!” Noah shouted to motivate
the group. Everyone had a good laugh and
eventually found success! It was amazing
to watch the students come together to complete a tough task!
This
dynamic group includes football, field hockey and soccer players, as well as
some very talented musicians and puzzle “completers”! We saw Sloane have great success with puzzles
during the first Minute to Win It competition!
Mrs.
Anderson has started having her fall One-on-One conferences with her
students. The kids value having this
time with their advisor. It allows Mrs.
Anderson a chance to get to know each child individually and learn how she can
support them through middle school. She
will hold One-on-One meetings throughout the year to check in with the students
and stay on top of any areas of support they may need.
Senora
Wolfe’s Advisory
In Senora
Wolfe’s advisory, there is no shortage of laughter and friendship. The students have each contributed to a
community candy bag and they enjoy sharing treats with each other every day
after lunch. While there is a lot of
fun, the students also work hard when the time comes. They gave great effort to creating their own
personal goals for this year.
Mrs.
Kobolt interviewed Senora Wolfe’s advisees and learned that they love having
projects and activities in advisory and the Senora is like a family member to
them. They love that she is nice and
gives them responsibilities. Students
enjoy having a say in the activities their advisory will participate in and a
time to relax from the daily grind of classes.
The students also reported that they can talk to each other about
anything in advisory, they even wish advisory was a longer period of time in
the day. What would they do with the
extra time? More contests!!!
Senora
Araiza’s Advisory
Senora Araiza has created a very relaxed
advisory atmosphere. The students were
excited about the bullying video project and were motivated by the prize of
going to the Lower School to present their video to the 5th
grade. While, they did not win, they
were selected as a runner up and their project was shown at the Lower School!
Araiza’s
students very clearly works together as a group. They report that Senora Araiza is nice and
comfortable to be around. The students
can tell that she cares for them when she listens to their rants and checks in
on them.
Mrs.
Blakenship’s Advisory
The students in
Mrs. Blankenship’s advisory love contests!
Their favorite was the spaghetti and marshmallow structure contest. They tackled the bullying video project by
aiming to show the perspective of the student who is bullying others and
encouraging their fellow students to be empathetic to everyone. Mrs. Blankenship’s “Junk Closet” came in
handy during the contest in which students had to decorate a pumpkin to look
like their advisor, it even contained a hot glue gun which came in quite handy!
Even when there
is not a formal contest, the students use their advisory time to answer trivia
questions on a website that donates rice to those who are hungry for every
correct answer.
Mrs.
Blakenship’s advisees like having her as an advisor because she is nice and
they are comfortable approaching her with questions. They especially like that she will let them
do homework when they need to!
Mr. Wilson’s
Advisory
Mr. Wilson is a Baylor fan and he happily
shares Baylor football highlight reels in his advisory! However, he also allows his students to
choose school-appropriate videos to share, even silly animated ones. The students are right when they say Mr.
Wilson’s advisory is fun. They report
that Mr. Wilson makes the room a positive place to be and they very much look
forward to the break in their school day in his room. One student said that school would be too
overwhelming without advisory.
The students had
a great time decorating their pumpkin to look like their beloved Mr.
Wilson. Though the beginning of the year
it was a bit unclear who the leaders would be in Mr. Wilson’s group, a few a
starting to emerge as leaders in different areas. Nevertheless, the balance of everyone being
included and feeling a part of the group continues!
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