Advisory
Advisory
Advisory is the heart of our school culture. Its purpose is to provide small-support groups to help meet the needs of all of our students. Students are placed in grade level advisory classes. Each advisory is led by one of our credentialed teachers on staff. In advisory, students participate in a variety of learning activities that center around these key pillars of support:
- Develop Strategies for Academic Success
- Project-Based Learning
- 5 Learning Outcomes
- Transcript Literacy
- Rubric Literacy
- Grade Checks
- Personality Assessments / Learning Styles
- Path to Graduation: Track academic progress/catch kids before they fall or get too far behind
- Peer support ‘Critical Friends’ (For example DOL)
- Develop Social-Emotional Skills
- District-approved curriculum
- Restorative / Community Circles
- Creating a safe environment where a student always has a adult to listen
- Advocacy for self and others
- Frank discussions on challenging life issues (Stanford Harmony Conversation Cards for example)
- Prepare for Post-High School Success
- College Exploration
- Career Exploration
- Plan, Prepare, and Participate in Student Activities
- Advisory Olympics
- Team-Building and Collaboration
- Class Fundraisers
- Culture building
- Practice student voice
Advisory Olympics
The History and Purpose
Advisory Olympics is a tradition at New Tech that goes back to the school’s inception is 2003.
This annual event was created for the purpose of helping students understand and engage in our 5 Learning Outcomes. In their Advisory Classes, they learn about the events and then practice those events for four days. At the end of the week, they will complete with the other Advisory Teams to go for the gold!
If you ask alumni what one of their favorite memories at New Tech are, many of them will say Advisory Olympics!
