Collaboration/Advisory and Schedule Changes

I hope students and parents have had a successful transition to high school. Please let me know if you have any questions by commenting on this blog, see below, since someone else will probably have the same question or you can email me directly Carolyn Sedlack <csedlack@charter.net>.

Rather than overload you with new information I am going to try and break it into small pieces each week in a timely manner. Please share any suggestions you may have since this is our first attempt at creating this blog.

Pearls of the week:
Collaboration/Advisory
If you look in the planner on pg. 5, you will see a Collaboration/Advisory Schedule which takes place  on Tuesdays. In order for the teachers to have a regularly scheduled time to meet, the students are not required to be at school until 8:10am on Tuesdays.
Buses will run at their normally scheduled time getting students to school at their regular time, where they can meet with friends or get homework done. Some students will take advantage of sleeping in and get a ride to school since they do not have to be there until 8:10.
They also have "Advisory" on Tuesdays right after 2nd hour for 15 minutes in their advisory class room. This is similar to a homeroom where they will receive hand outs and stay caught up with what is happening at Mayo. The advisory teacher and classroom are listed on their schedule, students will have the same advisory teacher all four years at Mayo.
With the later start time and advisory, classes are shortened on Tuesdays which is why there is a different time schedule listed.

Schedule Changes?
If your student needs to make a schedule change Monday, September 8th is the last day to add a class and the last day to drop is Monday, September 15th.  They will need to go to the guidance office and get an add/drop slip, fill it out and bring it back with a parent's signature (there will be parent volunteers sitting outside the guidance office to explain how to fill out the form) and submit it for review by the guidance department. Basic guidelines for schedule change requests are listed at the bottom of their schedule. Notification of schedule changes are posted outside of the guidance office and through Skyward.

Mark Your Calendar
9/10, 9/11   3:30-5:30pm--play auditions for fall musical in November see calendar in planner
9/15   6:30-8:30--Mayo Open House (more details to follow next week)
9/19, 9/20  Homecoming festivities (more details to follow next week)
9/22  6pm--Mayo PTA meeting in large conference room in main office