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2008 Best Practices Forum: Going Green and Online Social Networking

The Potomac School 1301 Potomac School Road, McLean, VA, United States

Program Summary Going Green   Online Social Networking PCW hosted a best practices program at The Potomac School featuring two topics: Going Green and Online Social Networking. Going Green included two presentations: one about sustainability practices in place at Madeira School and a second presentation from Sidwell Friends School about their new middle school building. […]

2008 Fall Representative Roundtable

The Bullis School , United States

Program Summary Online Social Networking Fred Haller from Georgetown Visitation gave a very entertaining but sobering talk about online social networks. He noted that most people don’t realize that when a person accepts Facebook’s terms and conditions, they give Facebook ownership of everything they post – every word, picture or idea.He gave the group some […]

2009 Upper School Student Leader Breakfast

Georgetown Preparatory School 10900 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD, United States

Program Summary Fifty-three juniors and seniors representing 26 independent schools from the Washington metropolitan area met at the PCW’s annual Student Leadership Breakfast to discuss issues affecting today’s high school students. To encourage candor and respect privacy, very few adults were present and students were assured anonymity. The students participated in both large and small […]

2009 Best Practices Forum: Students and Stress: Causes and Solutions

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart 9101 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, United States

Program Summary "Students and Stress: Causes and Solutions" Over forty Representatives from 23 member schools attended the PCW’s annual Best Practices program last month. The topic was “Students and Stress.” Three school counselors representing lower, middle and upper school gave presentations on identifying and alleviating stress at the various grade levels. Mary Power, the lower […]

2009 Deans’ Luncheon

The Holton-Arms School , United States

Program Summary Seventeen high school Deans of Students from PCW member schools in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. gathered for our second annual Deans Lunch to discuss the concerns raised by the students at our Student Leader Breakfast. The issues associated with new technology generated much discussion. The deans had a lively exchange of ideas […]

2009 Spring Representative Roundtable

The Langley School 1411 Balls Hill Road, McLean, VA, United States

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 […]

2008-2009 PA Presidents Forum

National Cathedral School , United States

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 […]

2009 Orientation: featuring Michelle Kriebel on Our Children and Peer Pressure

The Holton-Arms School , United States

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 […]

2009 PA Presidents’ Forum

Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School 1524 Thirty-fifth Street NW, Washington, DC, DC, United States

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. […]

2009 Fall Speaker: Robin G. Sawyer

National Cathedral School , United States

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 […]

2009 Fall Representative Roundtable

The Langley School 1411 Balls Hill Road, McLean, VA, United States

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 […]

2010 Best Practices Forum: Parent Networking: Ways Schools Provide for Parents to Participate, Connect and Communicate

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart 9101 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, United States

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 […]

2010 Upper School Student Leader Breakfast

Georgetown Preparatory School 10900 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD, United States

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 […]

2010 Middle School Student Leader Breakfast

The Potomac School , United States

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 […]

2010 Deans’ Luncheon

Landon School , United States

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. […]