Program Summary The Parents Council welcomed outgoing representatives from member schools to a Thank You Coffee and information session about the results from the Student Leadership Breakfast and the Dean’s Luncheon (See summaries of the events for results.) This resulted in a lively discussion among the reps on the subjects most talked about at the […]
Program Summary Lee Arrowood, Outgoing President of St. Patrick’s Parents Association, opened the program with a short talk about the challenges facing Parent Association Presidents and some suggestions. Highlights included: Obtaining buy-in from your community: Spend first month or six weeks of your term listening in meetings with key people at your school: outgoing PA President; outgoing […]
Program Summary The first Parents Council of Washington (PCW) meeting of the 2009/2010 school year was held at the Holton-Arms School on Wednesday, September 30th from 9am-12pm. The meeting was an opportunity for the PCW board and each member school’s representatives to go over the program calendar for the year and review the duties of […]
Program Summary The Parents Council of Washington hosted a Coffee and Discussion on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 for the Parents Association Presidents of all of the member schools. More than thirty PA Presidents met at Georgetown Visitation and participated in an open forum discussion of various issues, including volunteerism, budgeting and fundraising, and school communications. […]
Program Summary Dr. Robin G. Sawyer, Teens & Us: Human Sexuality and Adolescent Health Teens & Us – We are in this together! Robin G. Sawyer, Ph.D. University of Maryland School of Public Health Dr. Sawyer teaches courses in human sexuality and adolescent health and is the author of the book Beyond the Birds and […]
Program Summary Welcome – Betsy Mandel, President Elizabeth Tonner – Program Overview The Roundtable was a fluid and candid discussion amongst ourselves as parents as well as school representatives about issues and topics that follow. These are topics that School Reps have requested for discussion. Multi-Cultural Events Increasing Volunteerism Holiday Gifts for Teachers and Administrators […]
Program Summary Parent Networking: Ways Schools Provide for Parents to Participate, Connect and Communicate Welcome by Kate Morin, Head of Upper School at Stone Ridge Welcome and Calendar Review – Betsy Mandel, President, PCW Presentations and discussion of the ways that schools provide for parents to participate in their school communities and to connect and […]
Program Summary The Parents Council of Washington hosted the Student Leader Breakfast on February 18, 2010, at the Georgetown Preparatory School. There were 53 high school juniors and seniors in attendance, representing 26 independent schools. The students participated in an engaging discussion on several issues including school rivalry/school pride, time management, stress, academic integrity, and […]
Program Summary The Parents Council of Washington piloted the first ever Middle School Student Leader Breakfast at The Potomac School on April 14, 2010. It was modeled after our extremely popular Student Leader Breakfast for high school student leaders. Forty-four students (7th graders) from twenty-two middle schools engaged in an active discussion of issues ranging […]
Program Summary On Tuesday, April 20th, 2010, seventeen upper school deans from our member schools gathered at Landon School to discuss current topics. This meeting followed our student leader breakfast, where selected high school leaders were invited to share their views and thoughts about a variety of issues they and their peers face every day. […]
Program Summary The Spring Rep Roundtable focused on briefing the parent reps about the high school Student Leader Breakfast and the Middle School Student Leader Forum. After an initial briefing reps broke into groups two groups, one focused on high school and one on middle school issues. The parent reps in the group focused on […]
Program Summary This annual event is designed to welcome incoming Parent Association Presidents from member schools and to provide a timely opportunity for past and incoming presidents to share ideas and experiences. A panel with former presidents was followed by a general question and answer period. Topics included: introduction and descriptions of PA workings; communications within […]
"Helping to Develop Your Child's Self Esteem: Building from the Inside Out" Kickoff Speaker: Michelle Kriebel Introduction: Parents sometimes confuse their children’s happiness with self esteem. Parents try to create happy children all the time and this does not serve them well in the long run. It is important for children to have a good […]
Download the PCW Summary of this event. Download Dr. Stixrud's notes from the presentation, available in PDF and RTF formats. Parents Council of Washington Summary of Dr. William Stixrud Presentation “Stretching Kids Without Breaking Them: Stress Free Ways of Promoting Development” Our children need to be challenged, but children work best when they are working in the context of safety. […]
Tom Toch, The Independent School Community The Parents Council of Washington held its Fall Representatives Roundtable on November 4, 2010 and featured Tom Toch, the Executive Director of Independent Education, as the guest speaker. Independent Education, which was formerly AISGW, is an organization representing 86 member independent schools in the Washington, DC area. The organization […]
