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Parent/Teacher Conferences for Grades KG – 5 Thursday, March 18 and Friday, March 19, from 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm Dear ASU Parents,
Our second trimester has been successfully completed and it is time for Parent/Teacher Conferences for all Kindergarten through fifth grade students. Scheduled conferences will be held on Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20, from 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm. All K-5 children will be dismissed at 12:00 pm on these two days. No lunch will be served for K-5. All elementary children must go home. The afternoons are just for parents and teachers of elementary students. Don’t miss this very important opportunity to discuss your child’s progress to date.
For Parents of Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Students
On Monday and Tuesday, please see your child’s teacher and sign-up for a convenient time for you to have this important meeting with your child’s teacher and program assistant. If you are not able to come in and sign-up our program assistants will be calling you Tuesday afternoon to schedule a conference time. Before or after your scheduled conference time you are encouraged to visit your child’s computer, music, art, ESL and physical education teachers in their classrooms. Our goal is for 100% turn out for our conferences!
For Parents of Sixth through Eleventh Grade Students
There will be no changes in the secondary students schedule on Thursday and Friday. Students in grades 6 – 11 will have a full day of classes, lunch will be served for them and they will be dismissed at 3:20. Buses will be taking secondary bus students home.
Parent Tips for Meaningful Parent-Teacher Conferences
Talk to your children before the conference. Find out what they think are their best subjects, and what subjects they like the least. Find out why. Also, ask your children if there is anything they would like you to talk about with their teachers. Make sure your children don’t worry about the meeting. Help them understand that you and their teacher(s) are meeting together in order to help them.
Please bring the third page of your child’s report card, signed and filled with questions, concerns, ideas and suggestion for the enhancement of your child’s learning. Before you go to the school, write notes to yourself about:
- things about your child’s life at home, personality, problems, habits, and hobbies you feel important for the teacher to know
- your concerns about the school’s programs or policies
- questions about your child’s progress
- how you and the school can work together to help your child
Meeting with your child’s teachers should help build strong parent-teacher partnerships—partnerships that are needed if you and your child’s teachers are to reach your common goal of helping your child get the best education possible. These conferences are an important part of our school program. It is a time to share the great things your child has done at school since the beginning of the year, and if necessary to make suggestions to enable him/her to have more success in months to come. Parents can also share important information that may be helpful to the teacher in dealing with their child. In most cases the homeroom teachers will have their assistant teachers available to speak in Mongolian, but if you would like to bring your own interpreter, please do so.
We look forward to seeing our elementary parents during the conference time. Secondary parents, please remember that we always enjoy your visits, so please come see us anytime.
Sincerely,
Kristina Nefstead