Parent teacher organizations, ptas, ptos

photo credit: bespam Even though our Averill Park schools just started the new school year before we know it we will be having parent teacher conferences. I found this in my surfing and wanted to share it with any other parents. From the GreatSchools.net website-> Making the Most of Your Parent-Teacher Conference Learn what issues to focus on and how to plan for a productive parent-teacher conference. By Kristin Stanberry The first parent-teacher conference of the school year provides a great opportunity for you and your child’s teacher to share insights and information about him. At this meeting, you can develop a relationship with ... Read Full Story

No PTA is without a little drama now and then, but what do you do when it gets downright juvenile and nasty? Read Full Story

The NYT printed an article this week about an east coast high school in Jericho, NY, which is currently focusing its efforts on integrating and easing the road in for reluctant Asian parents that otherwise wouldn't engage in much extracurricular school involvement (i.e. organizing PTA meetings, attending sports games and orchestra concerts--and not just the "important" ones!), all for the better education of the kids. This--this just isn't fair, okay? It just is not. I wanted my parents to help organize the homecoming bake sale. I wanted my mom to hold my hand through cheerleading tryouts. I wanted my parents to buy football swag ... Read Full Story

The Massachusetts State Ethics Commission nixes teacher gifts worth more than $50. Foul or fair? Read Full Story

So now that we are mentally prepared for back-to-school (yeah right), the next big pressing decision is to room parent or to not room parent . Now I admit, I have heard/read all the horror stories, but with a little organization, a lot of delegation, and help from Qlubb , it can be a very rewarding and fun experience. Below are some tips from my many years (I am a three-peater) of being a room parent... Communicate clearly. Parents actually love to help, but most of the time, they just don't know what to do and where. Busy parents just don't have the time ... Read Full Story

Divorced parents of a child or those parents who are going through a divorce are generally unaware, or at least one of them, of their child’s performance in the class room. In that case, talking to the teacher of the child will enable the uninformed parent to have some of knowledge about the child’s presentation in the school. We all know that a parent teacher meeting is a great way to know about the child’s performance in the school. It is this conference in which the teacher can tell the parents that how their child is doing in the school and if the child ... Read Full Story

Become a parent not as easy as we thought, many problem always come for them when they walked on their life. Here are several points and may be become the major points to make stress. •Monthly cost such as water ,electricity , and phone’s bill exploded because of over consumption by their children that haven’t known how hard to earn money. •Children school fees that increase every year especially in develop country. •Bad habit of their children that really hard to understand and like to buy many expensive things that not really useful. This bad habit will increase their parent’s bill of credit card ... Read Full Story