Deanna's Advisory Students are in 11th grade this year!

Description of City Academy's Advisory Program

1. All full time teachers act as advisors.
2. Students are organized into grade-level advisories and typically remain with the same advisory group over time.
3. An advisory is a small, caring, supportive community within the school.
4. Advisory work focuses on academics as well as personal qualities and civics.
5. Advisory groups start each day together for 10-15 minutes, and additionally meet for one 85-minute block during the week.
6. Advisories are integral components of our larger plan for learning. They are not "add-ons" or "one more thing to do" in a busy day.

The advisor's primary responsibility is to maintain an overview of the student's academic progress and to provide a day-to-day level of support to the student towards making appropriate progress. Advisors do not replace the school counselor, but do provide an initial level of counseling support. Advisors also provide each student and their parents with a first line of contact and an advocate in the school setting. The role of the advisor is vital in ensuring that no student "slips through the cracks" whether in terms of academic or social/emotional need.

Additionally, advisories are the smallest units of our civic structure, which connect to town and village meetings and student government. They are a forum for students to express and discuss ideas, concerns and wishes and to develop, through participation, their understanding of representative democracy. The experiences and processes of advisory should help advisor and advisees develop as stakeholders and citizens of our school community.