This coming Thursday, MS is excited to host our start of the year MS Open House event, running from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
The event provides parents an opportunity to meet their child’s teachers, hear about the learning program, and see the learning spaces their child spends their time in.
Schedule
Parents should arrive between 5:45 and 6:00 PM to sign in and collect their personalized schedule(s) for the night. Due to the theater renovations, we are unable to host a large parent gathering, so we have provided this video welcome with information about the MS Assessment, Home Learning, and Attendance guidelines to help parents have a big picture sense of Middle School.
For parents of MS athletes participating in season 1 sports at ISB, Ms. Kelley McKenna is hosting a Panthers 101 session from 5:45 to 6:00 PM in MPB 1.
On the evening, parents should come onto campus and collect their schedule for the evening from tables set up just outside the Booster Hut. Parents will follow a timed schedule with 10 minute “classes” of Advisory and each of the 8 class periods. There will be 5 minutes to move between classrooms.
It is important to note that while MS Open House provides a time to meet your child’s teachers, there is not time to discuss individual students. Parents may set up an appointment if this is needed.
Please leave children at home
Also, please note that rooms will be tight with multiple parents per family often in the rooms. MS Students and other children should NOT come to this event unless they are serving as a translator for parents. In the event that parents have no other option than to bring children, we will have a space supervised by HS IHS students where students must remain during the entire evening. Playgrounds, gyms, and fields are NOT open for children during this evening.
Food and refreshments will be made available for parents outside the MS Office and Library, but this has not been set up to provide meals for children.
Please note the following:
- Classrooms may be crowded with multiple parents per child in attendance. Please expect some tight classes, depending on how many show up.
- Parents will need to use stairs to navigate between classrooms.
- In an effort to minimize the distance traveled between classes, all teachers will be located near or within the main MS part of campus. We will not use the CC building or gym areas.
- To ensure the evening goes smoothly and teachers have their full 10 minutes, we will be keeping a tight eye on the time and announcing the starts and finishes to class periods.
- Teachers will not have the time to talk about individual students.
If a teacher is not able to be present on the evening, they will reach out to parents directly with information about themselves and the course.
We look forward to seeing parents on campus on September 7th!