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Brentwood Middle School
Advisory Program Highlighted
at PAMLE Regional Conference
Each year, the PA Association for Middle Level Education
(PAMLE) hosts a regional conference to highlight best practices
and effective programs in middle schools throughout western
Pennsylvania. This year’s conference was held South Fayette Middle
School.
Two Brentwood teachers, Lynne Golvash and Diana Kleinhampl,
were selected to present a workshop on Brentwood Middle
School’s Advisory Program at the 2020 PAMLE conference. Teachers
and administrators from various school districts attended the
workshop to learn more about how the Advisory Program has
a positive impact on the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students at
Brentwood.
The Advisory Program has been a fixture at Brentwood Middle
School for the past two decades. However, the program has
continued to evolve over the years to best meet the needs of the
students. The three primary elements of the Advisory program
are character education, building positive connections between
students and staff, and providing community service opportunities.
Each of these elements are interwoven throughout the program.
Mrs. Golvash and Mrs. Kleinhampl serve as the leaders of the
Advisory Program at Brentwood Middle School and meet each
summer to come up with new ideas for that school year.
Fifteen middle school teachers serve as advisors for groups of
15-20 middle school students. Once a student is paired with an
advisor, they remain together for all three years of middle school,
providing each student with a mentor for their middle school
experience. Students and teachers are paired based on common
interests or other factors that foster positive relationships.
Advisory is a program that Brentwood Middle School is very
proud of and it was exciting to share the program with other
educational professionals at the PAMLE conference!
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Interact Club
Brentwood Interact students attended the World Affairs Institute
for Student Leaders at the Senator John Heinz History Center. The
students participated in discussion groups on what it will take to
achieve a sustainable world for all. The students were sponsored by
the Pleasant Hills Rotary. The students that attended included:
Rachel Bohenek
Makala Shy
Bailey Wertz
Alona Washington
Courtney Keeling
Rachel Salina-Garcia
Pamela Ebo
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