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Trevor Adams, Cierra Anderson, Daniel Bjorndahl, Stephanie Bower, Kyle Braver,
Alyssa Buechler, Steven Du, Max English, Taylor Fitzpatrick, Heather Foster,
Brandon Freiberg, Aditya Gune, Gavin Haffner, Lauren Hanson, Thao Huynh, Michael
Manset, Ian Mariani, Steven Martinez, Bianca Moreno, Derek Ono, Shawn Patterson,
Ashley Pitassi, Teyla Pitassi, Staci Prosser, Kaylen Reed, Elizabeth Roemisch,
Candace Rojo, Holly Ross, Sean Ross, Lorianne Sarsfield, Max Trainoff, Minh Tran,
Cecilia Trude, Carlos Ugarte, David Willner, John Willner, Aubrey Whitish, Chris
Wolf, Hannah Zaehringer
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F~I~R~E
Foothill
Intervention, Reinforcement and Enrichment Program
Established 2005
FIRE
is a 30-minute, mid-day advisory period scheduled weekly Tuesday
through Friday.
All 9th grade
students new to Foothill’s campus are enrolled in the FIRE advisory
period during their first semester on campus. New 10th, 11th and
12th grade students may "opt in" as well during their
first semester on campus as they adjust to their new surroundings.
FIRE provides
a structured environment in which new FTHS students can connect
with teachers and experienced student “mentors”; learn
about FTHS’ programs, procedures and traditions; and receive
academic and social support as they transition into the rigorously
academic high school environment provided at Foothill Technology
High School.
FIRE promotes
a safe-school environment and an atmosphere of peer support as
we recruit junior and senior students to participate as “student
mentors” during the FIRE advisory period. These “FIRE
Crew” leaders are given special training in AVID strategies,
leadership skills and peer interaction. “FIRE Crew” participates
in other unique opportunities as they volunteer their time in helping
to create a more inclusive campus environment.
FIRE Crew leaders also run the "New Student Orientation" in
the week before school begins; a combination of large group assembly,
small group bonding activities and a school tour (based on the
Link Crew model from the Boomerang Project).
To provide these
support opportunities to 100% of Foothill students during the academic
year, the FIRE advisory period has been embedded in our school
schedule during a 30-minute time slot immediately preceding
lunch.
Upperclassmen
who are not required to take a period 7 class and athletes who
are dismissed to the athletics period at their neighborhood school
sites (Ventura or Buena High Schools) before 7th period can take
advantage of the FIRE advisory, meet with teachers for office hours,
use the computers labs or be assigned to FIRE on an “as needed” basis.
In addition, any other student on a “shortened” day
schedule has the opportunity to attend the FIRE advisory period
as deemed appropriate. Our National Honor Society, California Scholarship
Federation and AVID tutors also benefit from this schedule adjustment
as they can participate as peer tutors during the mid-day FIRE
period rather than waiting past their regularly scheduled dismissal
time in order to tutor students.
Students not
required to participate in a FIRE advisory benefit from having
an extended lunch period most Tuesdays through Fridays. This
allows students with off-campus lunch privileges to more slowly,
thus more safely, get to and from their lunch destinations. However,
students required to be enrolled in or choosing to participate
in the FIRE advisory program will continue to have our traditional
30-minute lunch period following dismissal from the FIRE period.
This split in lunch dismissal times benefits all students,
as it helps to relieve the overcrowding in the cafeteria proper
and in lunch payment lines. Intramural sports, fundraising, special
events or announcements and club meetings may also be scheduled
during this time on an as-needed basis to avoid
interrupting
instructional minutes.
Freshmen and
other new FTHS students who maintain or reach a 3.0 grade point
average during their first semester on campus may “opt out” of
the FIRE advisory period during the following semester. Parents
may request that their student remain or be assigned a FIRE class
at any time in the school year.
Freshmen, new
FTHS students and 10th, 11th or 12th grade students whose grades
drop below a 2.0 (1.99 or lower) during any semester or quarter
reporting period will remain in or be required to enroll in the
FIRE advisory period. This required enrollment gives these struggling
students the opportunity to participate in intervention programs
and support activities until their grades recover at the next grade-reporting
period. Many of our core academic instructors work together to
provide planned, structured intervention in the various courses
on a regular basis - calling in groups of students on specific
days to reteach specific concepts and processes (e.g., biology
intervention, algebra
1 intervention,
etc.).
Students in 10th,
11th and 12th grade may request to drop FIRE at the quarter or
semester grading period if they have shown an increase in academic
performance; have attended FIRE regularly; and have 1) brought
their GPA back to a 2.0 or higher; and 2)
show a minimum of a .5 increase (as required to qualify for FTHS’ Renaissance
Program); and 3) do not have D/Fs in core
academic classes.
At any time,
any student may participate in the FIRE period on an “as
needed” basis. Teachers may also require any student to attend
one or more FIRE periods by issuing an immediate “Academic
Enrichment Appointment Pass” that indicates where, who, when
and why information to the student.
We believe the
advisory period allows us to provide personalized student support,
more effective intervention and increased monitoring
of student academic performance. We believe the modified block
schedule is more inclusive and that the administrative changes
in the advisory
period will allow us to be more pro-active and effective in our
efforts to educate our student population. |
Mrs.
Carr is our Foothill FIRE Coordinator.
Room D104 ~ Phone (805) 289 0023 ext 2104 ~ conni.carr@venturausd.org
Mr. Villa is our 2nd-in-Command.
Room E108 ~ Phone (805) 289 0023 ext 2208 ~ anthony.villa@venturausd.org
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