As we enter the final weeks of school, our advisories sessions begin to reflect a time of transition from one school year to the next. This week students are watching campaign videos for Student Council elections, and next week we will have a dodgeball tournament to celebrate our seniors' last advisory. 

Advisory is an important part of the Trinity School Upper School experience. This year we have successfully implemented many new features and activities during this shared time. We’ve had regular social events, used the #Win-at-Social curriculum, strengthened community and advanced student belonging, we’ve considered ways to make a positive impact locally, and shared insights on things happening in the world around us. Advisory is also a good opportunity for us to monitor student progress and achievement and to discuss individual goals and define opportunities for greater success. 

Some topics we have investigated include:

 

We try to balance our lessons and activities so that students have opportunities to learn, to share ideas, to build relationships, to reflect, and sometimes just to catch their breath. This approach seems to have been successful for us this year. As we begin planning for 2024-2025 we will continue to identify areas to improve the student experience but will continue to prioritize this time each week.