We asked the leaders of highly successful
middle school parent groups around the country to help us isolate the most important communications factors.
We organized a series of panel - style presentations by our student committee members for
mostly middle school parents, whose children the proposal would have affected.
Middle school parents need to know deadlines so they can help their children learn to meet them (reminders help parents succeed at this as well).
«We began Parent Day last year,» Jan Jewell told Education World, «to provide another avenue
for middle school parents to remain involved at school.»
Elbert
County Middle School parents read «Who Grew My Soup» at Parent / Student Literacy Night and enjoyed minestrone soup that included collard greens grown in the Middle School garden.
While
Patton Middle School parents lead the bike drive, the other PTOs in the six - school district contribute money and volunteer time to the campaign.
In Hangzhou, China, where 84 percent of main and secondary roads separate bikes from cars, 44 percent of
middle school parents who own cars (and 62 percent of those who don't) ride a bike at least once a week.
Our program will: increase mental health literacy among the Natick Middle School community; offer screening to all 7th and 8th grade students, make referrals as needed; and communicate with
Natick Middle School parents / guardians about their teens, youth depression, and possible interventions.
Click here to download our Developing Roots & Wings presentation
for Middle School parents that offers more details about our programs and your child.
Not surprisingly, responses also differed by grade level, with perceptions of safety decreasing as grade level increased: 88 percent of elementary school parents, 70 percent
of middle school parents, and 63 percent of parents of high school students felt that their child's school was safe.
Earlier in the year, I had
our middle school Parent / Teacher conferences, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that 99 percent of my students (most of whom are Title I) have a computer in the home.
Middle school parents, in particular, are an untapped resource of classroom support.
Mary led parents to form a community organization representing 1,500
middle school parents to bring systems and leadership change to their school.
All GCSD parents and students have access to the SchoolTool Parent & Student Portal; however, high school and
middle school parents and students may have more detailed access to assignments, grades, and scheduling.
What are the secrets to effective communication between parent groups and
middle school parents?
Not
all middle school parents will share your enthusiasm, especially if the parent group has operated loosely in the past.
Middle school parents are pulled in several directions for their limited fundraising support: Do they buy cookie dough from the drama club or wrapping paper from the student council?
Now that the 2013 - 14 school year is nearly complete, all high school and
middle school parents are invited to share their thoughts through a survey on access to technology for learning.
Information on how to enroll your student (s) will be sent via email to
all Middle School parents later this spring.