January 9-13

  for the future of every student

In the second quarter, our goals are to continue bonding with the grade 9 students, establish some new goals for first semester success and encourage students to use all resources available for being successful at Foothill!

Link to Working Advisory Calendar

Link to Working Advisory Calendar

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Tuesday, January 10

SYNOPSIS

FIRE - Travel Optional

Connect with one another, school work or travel as needed

Monday, 1/16 - NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday, 1/24 - Period 7 Final 1:30-3:30

Wednesday, 1/25 - Periods 1 and 2 Finals, Dismissal 12:55

Thursday, 1/26 - Periods 3 and 4 Finals, Dismissal 12:55

Friday, 1/27 - Periods 5 and 6 Finals, Dismissal 12:55

Monday, 1/30 - NO SCHOOL - Non-student Day

Tuesday, 1/31 - Semester 2 Begins

DETAILS

• Sit together in FIRE zone
• Put phones away
• Take attendance
• Review of program application dates
• NOTE: Information Meetings for Specific Programs and Electives continue for some today, 1/10, and Wednesday, 1/11 this week
• Programs Faire - Week 2
  Part 1 Information Meetings
  • ASB ( D 108 with Lindsey )
  • BioScience Interactive ( E 104 with Anderson )
  • Code.sign (software development) in D104 1/11 and 1/12
  • Drama ( G106 with Kindred )
  • Dtech (not taking applications this year - wait for next year)
  • Ethnic Studies & Social Justice ( I 106 with Adams )
  • Grafx Q & A - no presentation ( G 104 with Crouch )
  • Journalism Q & A ( I 107 with Li on 1/10 only )
  • Math AP Q & A regarding what to take after Math 3 or Math 3 H (E 107 with Frumkin )
  • Psychology ( I 105 with Ferris )
  • Spanish Q & A - no presentation ( H 107 with Ortiz )
  • Yearbook ( D 105 with Frazier )

• Applications and Application Support Meetings
• Part 1 Application available at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 1/11
• Part 1 Application due by 9 p.m. on Tuesday, 1/17
• Part 2 Support Meetings at FIRE on 1/12, 1/13, 1/18, 1/19, and 1/20
• BioScience in E104 on Thursday and Friday, 1/12 and 1/13
• Yearbook in D105 on Friday, 1/13
• ASB in D108 on Wednesday, 1/18
• AVID in I105 on Thursday, 1/19
• Journalism in I107 on Thursday and Friday, 1/19 and 1/20 
• Part 2 Application(s) due by 9 p.m. on 1/22
• NOTE: Code.sign and Grafx pathways do NOT require Part 2
• Use FTHS agendas to begin planning how to spend the advisory this week

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Wednesday, January 11

SYNOPSIS

FIRE - Travel Optional

Connect with one another, school work or travel as needed

• NOTE: Information Meetings for Specific Programs and Electives continue for some today, 1/10, and Wednesday, 1/11 this week
• Programs Faire - Week 2
  Part 1 Information Meetings
  • ASB ( D 108 with Lindsey )
  • BioScience Interactive ( E 104 with Anderson )
  • Code.sign (software development) in D104 1/11 and 1/12
  • Drama ( G106 with Kindred )
  • Dtech (not taking applications this year - wait for next year)
  • Ethnic Studies & Social Justice ( I 106 with Adams )
  • Grafx Q & A - no presentation ( G 104 with Crouch )
  • Journalism Q & A ( I 107 with Li on 1/10 only )
  • Math AP Q & A regarding what to take after Math 3 or Math 3 H ( E 107 with Frumkin )
  • Psychology ( I 105 with Ferris )
  • Spanish Q & A - no presentation ( H 107 with Ortiz )
  • Yearbook ( D 105 with Frazier )

  
  
• Part 1 Application available at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 1/11
• Due by 9 p.m. on Tuesday, 1/17

DETAILS

• Sit together in FIRE zone
• Put phones away
• Take attendance
• Agendas out and ready to write/share plan for the week
• Set up for in-room work or sign out for appropriate travel
• Students should have a written goal for traveling
• This is a "why I need to travel" statement
• Leader(s) sit with students and connect/work alongside
• Once everyone is set, leader should check on travelers

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Thursday, January 12

SYNOPSIS

FIRE - Travel Optional

Programs Faire - Week 2

Part 2 Support Meetings

• BioScience in E104 on Thursday and Friday, 1/12 and 1/13

Connect with one another, school work or travel as needed

DETAILS

• Sit together in FIRE zone
• Put phones away
• Take attendance
• Agendas out and ready to write/share plan for the week
• Set up for in-room work or sign out for appropriate travel
• Students should have a written goal for traveling
• This is a "why I need to travel" statement
• Leader(s) sit with students and connect/work alongside
• Once everyone is set, leader should check on travelers

Friday, January 13

SYNOPSIS

FIRE - Travel Optional

Programs Faire - Week 2

Part 2 Support Meetings

• BioScience in E104 on Thursday and Friday, 1/12 and 1/13
• Yearbook in D105 on Friday, 1/13

Connect with one another, school work or travel as needed

DETAILS

• Sit together in FIRE zone
• Put phones away
• Take attendance
• Agendas out and ready to write/share plan for the week
• Set up for in-room work or sign out for appropriate travel
• Students should have a written goal for traveling
• This is a "why I need to travel" statement
• Leader(s) sit with students and connect/work alongside
• Once everyone is set, leader should check on travelers

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Resources

More Icebreaker Activities

• 40 Questions List from Orientation Handbook​
• Personal interviews - let the kids interview you or each other
  
• Two Truths and a Lie
• Heads Up/Hedbandz
  
• Pictionary (on the white board)
• Decorating desk tent cards (for names)
• Life information bingo cards
• Name of famous person on their back and trying to ask questions to figure it out
• Kahoot of your choice
• What Did You Do This Summer - pair and whole group sharing
• Q&A about first days of school
• Monster drawing (trifold, one person draws top, one middle, one bottom)
  
• Any card game you have available
  
• Any board game you have available
  
• Get out the Legos and let them build and chat
  
• Put "freshdragon" on white board and come up with words/character traits for each letter
  
  • Something similar with student names
    
• ​Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza
  
• If you have paper plates, you could do the drawing on the top of the head (similar to baby shower game)
  
• Find interests and histories in common
  
• https://www.sessionlab.com/blog/icebreaker-games/ ​
  
• https://nuventuretravels.com/blog/10-fun-free-travel-games 

Reminder

FIRE Crew leaders should reference Google Classroom and Canvas for materials, directions, activities, etc.