Last Updated on Monday, 08 March 2010 11:49
Theme for 2009 - 2010:
"Year of the Gorilla"The professional learning community at Escuela Las Morochas is working together to SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. We strive to assist our community of students to lead by example, using their skills, strengths and determination in a positive, responsible way to become life long learners, and responsible members of the global community.
March 2010 --- ELM Community March 24th -- Student Led Conferences and Report Cards.
“The time when students, parents and teachers celebrate learning.”
During the month of March, with our student-led conferences, we will continue in our mission to seek quality communication alongside positive parent involvement. These are the essential ingredients for the partnership between home and school. Conferences are important because they are opportunities for parents to learn more about their children, demonstrate their support for them, and motivate their students to engage in the healthy habit of continuous learning. Such support is essential for our students to be successful, not just here at Escuela Las Morochas but in other areas of life.
On the afternoon of March 24th, we will be holding our Student Led Conferences in Grades 2 – 9. (Y2K, ECE I, ECE II, ECE III and First Grade will have Parent Conferences.) The conferences will be held from 12:45 – 4:30. Your students will bring home notices that will inform you of the time and date of your appointments. On that day, you will receive the grades that your student earned during the third quarter. Once you have your students’ report card, you and your student will then be able to meet with your students teachers. For those new to Escuela Las Morochas this semester we have selected this conference format because it is student centered. The focus is on your students’ learning. Experience shows that when students lead the process, before, during and after the conference, the students take ownership, self-reflect and set improvement goals for themselves. In Student-Led Conferences, the teachers’ role is to clarify and focus the students’ presentation by asking probing questions that will either confirm or redirect the student to the main topic of conversation – their own performance!
On behalf of the Esucela Las Morochas teaching team we encourage you to begin this process with your student by asking them how they are working to prepare for their conference in each of their classes. Our conferences days (one each semester) are designed as “the time where students, parents and teachers celebrate learning.”
It takes a community to educate a child, and we are honored to be part of a community that is working with us to help our students achieve “excellence to the highest level.”
Jeff Trudeau,
Director General
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eQuotes
“A teacher, by his passive attitude, removes from the children the obstacle that is created by his own activity and authority.”
Gorillas
Gorillas are ground-dwelling herbivores that inhabit the forests of Africa. They are also the largest of the living primates and have a strong sense of community.
