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Email to faculty sent August 14, 2012: Hello, faculty members and advisors.

Tomorrow, we will meet with our advisories for the first time this school year.

I would like to begin this email with a BIG thank you to Sarah Salerno, who put together advisory groups on short notice in quick time. I will then overview the advisory schedule. Finally, I will give a lesson plan for tomorrow.

__We will begin the year on the following flexible advisory schedule__: M, W, F Quiet study in advisor's classroom T, Th Advisory curriculum. [You are welcome to participate in developing advisory curriculum, but advisory curriculum planning will generally be provided to you.]

Your advisory (see attached) will be assigned to meet either first or second lunch. This is an obvious attempt at lunch crowd management, so it is important to meet at the assigned time.

__Tomorrow__: Objectives:
 * Establish the rhythms of the daily lunch schedule and the weekly advisory schedule.
 * Help students to locate their advisory homes and to initiate a high-school-long relationship. [You will keep the same advisory group until they graduate.]
 * Distribute a few forms and answer a few questions.

Activities: I apologize for the long email, and would like to close by saying, "thank you, thank you, thank you!" -Stephanie Ogden
 * Briefly introduce yourselves to each other.
 * Briefly explain the schedule and that advisories will stay together through high school; take questions. New students may be curious about advisory:
 * Advisory curriculum will ultimately weave together four major strands: Academic/college/career planning, healthy decision-making, school culture/operations, and being good neighbors.
 * Advisory does get a grade, but it does not generally include homework and generally rewards good faith participation in activities.
 * Distribute information update form and Extended Campus Form for parental signatures and return to the office. [It is self-explanatory, but you might want to briefly go over it with them.]
 * Since today is Wednesday, model giving them some study time.
 * Please hold them until the release bell.