What is Advisory? A Preview of Advisory for Parents.

What is Advisory?

A Preview of Advisory for Parents

Definition of Advisory

• Advisory is designed to promote students’ positive personal relationships with teachers and peers, improve the climate for learning, and support students through academic and non-academic experiences.

Introductions

• I am your child’s Advisor and my name is David Young

• The best way to reach me is using the email. My email address is [email protected]

• My planning period is 7th Period.

Finding Information

• The information about the Advisory program is located on the FHS webpage.

• To see the Mission, Vision Statement, and Core Values, click on About Us.

• To reach our Advisory Homepage from the FHS page, click on Parent Resources, then click on Advisory Homepage.

Advisory Homepage

• The goals of advisory are listed on the Homepage.

• The Calendar highlights all the days on which we meet with our Advisory groups.

• If you want to see what will be happening during that meeting, just click on that date and open the documents listed there.

• Advisory Information contains the Handbook and the Student and Parent Resources.

Four Parent Contacts

• We will want to contact you at least 4 times during the school year.

• Contacts can be meetings, phone calls, or emails.

• Please let us know the best way to contact you.

Please Assist Us

• We want to get to know your student as a person – not just as a student.

• You are our best source for this.

• Please fill out and return the parent survey that we sent home on August 19th if you have not already done this.

Reminders and Questions

• Remember that I am your primary contact if your child is having difficulty at school.

• I am your student’s advocate, mentor, and go-to person at school.

• Do you have any questions about the Advisory Program here at FHS?

• Now we have a few slides on the changes here at FHS

Remediation – only on Tues and Thurs 4-6 PM

• Literacy Remediation (2-week sessions)– Session 1: Aug 29 – Sept 9 (A – H)– Session 2: Sept 12 – Sept 23 (J – Z)

• Geom./Alg. 1 Remediation (2-week sessions)– Session 3: Sept 26 – Oct 7 (A – Po)– Session 4: Oct 10 – Oct 21

• Biology Remediation– Session 5: wk of Oct 24 (A–Cl) --wk of Nov 2 (Co-Go)– Session 6: wk of Nov7 (Gr-Lam) --wk of Nov16(Lan-Per)– Session 7: wk of Nov 28 (Pet–Sm) --wk of Dec (So-Z)

Night School Tues and Thurs 4-6 PM

• The purpose is to provide students the opportunity to recover credits and remain on track for graduation.– Credit Recovery– Independent Study/Acceleration

• Students in 10th through 12th grades may participate.

• The cost to students will be $150 per 0.5 credit• Scholarships are available.

Attendance ContractsSaturdays 8:30 - 12

• The purpose is to allow students to recover NCs (No Credit).

• The dates Saturday School will be available are:– Sept 10, 24 – Feb 25– Oct 15, 29 – Mar 10– Dec 3, 10, 17 – April 28– Jan 21 – May 5, 12, 19

Cell Phone/Electronic Devices Usage

• May use these during class changes and at lunch.• May not use them other times without faculty

permission.• Infractions:

– 1st: Confiscate phone, student retrieves phone.– 2nd: Same as 1st plus 3 days detention– 3rd: Confiscate phone, parent retrieves phone, 1 day of

ISS

• Note: Any refusal to give up phone at any time will result in 3 days ISS.

Questions and Concerns . . . See Administrative team:

Principal – [email protected]

Assistant Principals:– [email protected] = 10th grade class

– [email protected] = 11th grade class

– [email protected] = 12th grade class

– [email protected] = 10-12th grade class

– [email protected] = SLC Director

– [email protected] = ALLPS

New Dress Code at FHS

• Do not wear clothing, hats or backpacks that advertise or depict alcohol, drugs, tobacco or tobacco products, violence, hate themes, racial/gender degradation, sexually explicit or suggestive wording or pictures, gang affiliation, gang related tattoos, or gang monikers, or clothing likely to cause a disruption within the school environment.

New Dress Code at FHS

• Do not wear tube tops, mesh tops, sheer tops, men’s undershirts without sleeves, halter tops, spaghetti straps, or tops that expose any portion of the midriff, revealing neckline, bra or cleavage.

• Such as this:

New Dress Code at FHS

• Do not wear sagging pants, pants worn low on the hip so as to reveal underclothing or skin, any clothing with holes above the knees that expose under-garments or skin, skirts or shorts that are shorter than 5-in. inseam, spandex shorts. Leggings must be worn with a long shirt or dress that covers the hip area.

• Such as this:

New Dress Code at FHS

• Do not wear sleepwear (including slippers, pajamas, etc.)

• Hoods worn on the head within the school building.

• No bare feet. • Tattoos displaying

defamatory writing, obscene language or symbols, or symbols of drugs, sex or alcohol must be covered.