News From Principal Rick Lester
by Rick Lester
October 11, 2008
News From Principal Rick Lester:
I have been discussing with my staff and parents about how to
improve our Parent/Teacher conference attendance. After further
discussions and evaluations on this matter I have come to the
conclusion that we may not have an issue after all. I believe a lot
of our parents do not attend Parent/Teacher conferences because of
the resources we have available. For example, parents can access
their students grades anytime on power school - parents can see the
grade for the class plus all the assignments and the grades they
had received for those assignments. Another resource is three times
a quarter parents receive information if their student is failing
or receiving a "D" in a class. Another resource is just meeting
with the teacher to discuss their academic standing.
We want to always encourage our parents to attend Parent/Teacher
conferences because you can never replace face to face contact and
communication. But now we believe maybe it is not as serious issue
as we thought.
Just a reminder to parents, take advantage of these resources to
gather information regarding your students academic standing. If
there is anything else we can provide to you to help you assist in
your students academic standing let me know and I will do the best
I can.
