I am mentoring a UCONN graduate student who is doing research on high school student advisory programs. If your high school uses advisory groups and you have a moment to respond to his questions, I know he'd be most appreciative. I will forward all responses to him. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give him.

His email is below:

I am a graduate student from the University of Connecticut and I am doing research on student advisory programs. My goal is to identify best practices in order to design and implement a student advisory at my internship school. I am trying to find answers to the the following questions:

1. Does your school have a student advisory in place and when was it initiated?

2. Is the advisory period geared more toward academics, community, or both?

3. What is the general school wide opinion of the advisory (faculty, students, parents)?

4. Have you noticed any changes in either student achievement or school climate since implementing advisory? If so, what were these changes?

Thank you.

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Joyce Lynch
Library Information Teacher
Middle School of Plainville
150 Northwest Drive
Plainville, CT 06062
860-793-3250