2 Hour Session delivered to parents and guardians of Seattle Girls' School to orient them and acclimate them into being parents and guardians at the school

1. Seattle Girls’ School
Parent/Guardian
Information Series
Session One: SGS 101
September 12, 2012

2. Introductions
Warm-Up Questions
What are you most curious about? Are
there specific questions you have? What
would you like out of the session today?
(Please jot down your questions on your note card)

3. Tonight’s
Goals
• Start getting to know others in the
parent/guardian community
• Meet some resource folks
• Learn a little SGS Lingo
• Whom do I contact about…?
• Get questions answered

4. Pleased to Meetcha!
Who are the SGSers in the room?

5. • Advisory Learning the Lingo
• Community Meetings
• Adventure and Wellness
• Wednesday Workshops
• Mentors
• Learning Team Meetings
• Culminations
• CAP
• Affinity Groups
• After School Programs
– Sports
– Learning Center
– Tutoring
– After Care

6. Spirit of SGS

7. Mixing it Up
What drew you to SGS?
Empowering Girls?
Integrated Curriculum?
Anti-bias and Social Justice?
Joyful Middle School
Auxiliary Programs?
Other?
Please gather by aspects.
Meet, chat, clarify.
What was the ah-hah moment that made you want to send your girl to SGS?

8. Whom do I ask about…?
My student in general…………….…………..…Advisor
Student’s performance in class………………Teachers
Academics…………………………….Sally McLaughlin
School level conversations…………Rafael del Castillo
Rafael’s schedule, discipline….….…Jessica Williams
Forms and transcripts………….….Deidra MacDonald
Billing and tuition………………………..Tiffany Rauen
Wednesday Workshops…………………...Carly Reiter
After school and tutoring…………………….Alex Barr
Athletics………………………...………….April Lorenzo
Mentors………………………………..……Baisy Tirado
Financial aid, reenrollment……….......Jeanette James

9. Communication Continued
Sgoodle – General School Calendar and Events and Athletics
Blogs and Websites – Grade Level Curriculum and Calendar
Email Notes Home – General School Announcements
CAP Paper Cut – Parent Community Events
Emails and Phone Calls – As Needed on Relevant Topics
Learning Team Meetings – Mid-Term Progress
Narrative Assessments – End of Term Progress
Coffee with Rafael – General School or Grade Level Concerns

10. Mixing it Up
Meet your neighbors!
Mental Map of Seattle
Please gather by areas.
Meet, chat, clarify.
Are you connected to neighborhood resources, carpools, buddy families? Who
are your local SGS community members?

11. School-Home Partnership
Drop-off, Pick-up
Attendance
Vacation Plans
Communication
Feedback
Volunteering
Celebrating

12. Coming Soon to a Parent/Guardian
Program Series Near You…
Priming Your Girls for Learning
Curriculum Night
Math Night
Adolescence
Sex Ed Programs
Alternative Aggression
(Female Bullying)
Love and Logic
And More!

13. Questions, Questions

14. Thank You!
Have a fantastic year!