Advisory will be implemented daily in the 2026-2027 school year. Students will report to their assigned advisory teachers classroom every day in between second and third period.
Advisory was first created in 2017, and has seen changes throughout the years. The ultimate goal, however, has remained the same.
”It was about building relationships with a small group of students that you would stay with for all four years, and then building leadership in our older kids to share with our younger kids,” principal Kevin Rohlfs said.
For the past two years, students remained in their second period classes every Wednesday to listen to the advisory lesson.
“We’ve heard some feedback from our staff and our students that they just are maybe lacking some connections in our building with our culture and community,” dean Rob Klug said.
The reason daily advisory is coming back is because it builds relationships more effectively according to Rohlfs and Spanish teacher Danielle Love.
“I did like it, because it was a nice, kind of chill time to just connect with students that I usually would not have in my classes,” Love said.
Advisory next year will not be made up of different grades, as seen in the past. Students will be split into different classes filled with other students from their respective grades with teachers that will follow them until they graduate.
“We really reach back and just get that personal relationship where, as a teacher, I’m really going to watch out for this group of 18 to 20 students, and they’re going to because that’s the only teacher you’re going to see every day,” Rohlfs said.
Sophomore M.J. Johnson said that the advisory lessons this year have been helpful, and that the ultimate goal of building connections has been achieved.
“I think I’ve built a lot of relationships, gotten closer,” Johnson said.
Junior Grant Jones said that while he grew connections with some students and teachers during his freshman year, when daily advisory was still being conducted, he doesn’t believe that students benefit from the lessons that are taught.
“I think the teachers don’t care and the kids don’t care either,” Jones said. “I guess we’re just done with the information.”
He also believes that the time spent learning these Boys Town skills could be used in more effective ways.
“I think advisory was pointless,” Jones said. “Kids just need time to do their homework. So I think just make sure that every kid has a guaranteed time to do homework at school, like a study hall, either required every year, or a study hall provided to them by having that 45, or so, minutes daily.”
Advisory will last about 25 minutes a day. According to Rohlfs, advisory should be scheduled, non-academic time where a small group of students meets with a teacher mentor to foster personal connection, academic accountability and social emotional growth.
“You can work on some homework; you can maybe work together,” Rohlfs said. “You can pull out a deck of cards and play cards, or even just talk with somebody in the advisory.”
