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This week's advisory conversations were centered around homework, organization, and time management. The students share their increased sense of responsibility and accompanying stress levels. They share and talk about their strategies to meet the demands of sixth grade. Ms. Velazquez and I do our best to listen, guide, and ultimately allow the students to make their own choices. If students need further explanation or demonstration about how to use an agenda, plan homework, or something else, we certainly step in offer assistance. If a student requires a candid or private conversation, we provide a safe place for them. As your point-person, we will help to facilitate the school-home connection. Topics of technology surface as well. On-line versus face-to-face communication, and amount of time spent on our devices seem to direct our conversations. For the most part, the students seem to understand moderation as an important part of technology use. It is, however, that online persona that seems to bring upon debate. While the students intellectually know that engaging in emotional and private conversations is perhaps not ideal, they still find it the easiest and most accessible means of communication. We talk about: Think. Breathe. Love.... with everything. And most importantly when deciding to engage in online communication. It is too easy to fire emotional outbursts back and forth, and therefore too easy to type things one might want to rescind at a later time. Again, it is the emotional well-being that drives our goals for advisory. We will continue to listen, talk, play, navigate, share, and therefore, connect with each other, growing our circles of friends and systems of support. Thank you, Putnam Laura
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Sharon Amdersen
10/16/2017 02:27:58 pm
Thank you Advisors!
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