School Meetings for Parents

Once you have a child and they start attending school as a parent you are participating on their school activities.

School begins there is always a parent’s orientation where it takes place before your child attends school this way you will learn more about your child’s school and what to expect in the coming school year.

They also have student orientation for the students to keep them posted and what to expect from themselves.

The school will inform you with a letter to sign and turn back with your child to give back to their teacher the following day or before the deadline.

If, your child hasn’t turn in the reply slip his/her teacher will call you up and inform you that they need that permission slip signed in and turn it in from the student.

Sometimes if you decide not to attend a school meeting it affects your child’s grade performance, but all school regulations are all different.

As a parent you need at least one parent or both parents to participate in your child’s school this way you will be aware what your child to expect during the school year.

School meetings always has registration for parents to sign in and fill up information asked, by the school with their signature to make sure which parents has attended the meeting.

This way they have control which parents have been informed during the school season of your child.

Some school ask you to put on name tags so people will know who you are other school don't allow you to do it.

There are some school have assigned seats for each section of the parents.

It is best to have friends with the parent in case you cannot attend so they can inform you what you have missed during the parent’s meeting.

The school will always have a school calendar to expect each month what your child will learn, holidays during the school season, payment of tuition and etc. It gives a break down what to expect your child during the year to come.

Most school provide more than other school meeting for the parents especially when graduation is coming up there are more updates in what to expect for your child during the school year.

Here in the Philippines they always start the parent’s meeting with a Tagalog prayer where everyone will stand up and say the prayer together before they begin the meeting. This is a regular routine in most of catholic school or non – catholic school. They want to make sure to endorse that they still believe in praying to start their day.

During the parent’s meeting there is a slideshow or presentation in what they will discuss during the meeting while there is a spokesperson talking during the whole time. There are some parents who prefer just to take a picture of the whole meeting being discussed to remind us. There are other people taking notes and writing it all down.

As parents you start to learn all the things your child is doing in school and realize what they are learning now can be more advance when you use to attend high school.

Before the meeting will end they will ask any parents if there is anything else or any concern of questions to be answer before everyone will leave.

Sometimes you encounter parents who have arrived late during the meeting and they are the ones who will ask those questions since they we're missing during the time it has already been discussed.

School meeting last between to one hour or two hours depending how many subjects will be discussed during the time it will take place.

Toward the end there is coffee and cookies provided as you have exit the meeting.