by Dennis Harter
On Thursday, November 12th, the MS Admin team hosted a Principal’s Forum. We thank the parents who attended and our MS PTA coordinators for helping gather the questions and organizing them into main themes.
At the forum we addressed the following topics:
- World Languages– consistency of learning program, expectations, learning experience, mother tongue program
- Flex Program– brief overview, wellness program, L2L/Advisory initiative, transitions program explained, overview of Sex Ed in MS
- Math– description of new program, clarity on time and curriculum, addressing “gaps” in learning and understanding
- PowerSchool– how it is being used, how it should be used, understanding what you see there, future parent training
We spent some time on these topics, which, combined with a sudden need to end the meeting, led to us not getting to the expected agenda items below.
- Involvement outside of school– what role does the school play outside the gates and outside the school hours?
- Other topics if time allows– Tutors, Home Learning policy, Haiku, Parent Conferences, carrying the laptops
To help those who were unable to attend, we share the following items:
- Presentation slides from the Forum(not much detail without the audio)
- Audio capture of the presentation and questions (open link and download the mp3 file within to listen to)
As many know, the meeting ended abruptly, which is why the audio does not end with a completed thought.
Answers to the other topics will be shared in other MS eNews articles this week and next.