At the very beginning of your high school career you are introduced to your advisory. The teachers tell you that this will become your school family; that you should think of your advisor as a school mom or dad. For some this is the closest thing to the truth, and for some it’s the farthest from the truth.
You spend 30 minutes every Monday with the same group of people. For the most part its just doing monotonous digital citizenship lessons, and adding to our portfolio that you’ll probably never look at ever again.
Mrs. Garcia was a first year advisor when she first came to ADM four years ago.
When asked if Garcia was scared to become an advisor when coming to ADM she responded ” 100%, being new to the school and also being expected to help guide students. I was the one who needed the guide. I felt pretty useless that first year and it was really hard.”
Throughout these last four years with her advisory she strove to make it feel like a family to those who were lucky enough to be in her advisory.
“We try to do a lot together. We play games, have snacks, and just get to know each other and spend quality time together.”
Usually the format of advisory changes throughout students’ four years. Freshman year you start out with very strict rules and assignment due dates. Towards the end of your Junior Year and Beginning of your Senior year the rules become bendable and your advisors just want you to finish your work by May.
” I’ve changed some of the portfolio layout to just make it more user friendly. I’ve learned that when we need to get stuff done that we need random seats, and you just need to give kids a set time to complete work.”
Garcia says she will miss her Senior Advisees because of the unique personalities and the growth they’ve made”
” The Senior presentations just showed me how incredible my students are and how much they’ve matured and I’m really gonna miss that with getting freshman all over again”
“I am excited to do some things differently next year. I don’t think scared is the right word, but I think i’ll miss my seniors and then also taking on the weight and responsibility of guiding a new group and building those connections with new students again.”
