All requests for conferences must indicate a specific date and time. Do not schedule conferences in the middle of the day when you are teaching children. You may schedule conferences during your planning period, if you wish. A conference log is to be maintained by every teacher. This log will be provided by administration and is to be kept in the teacher's plan book. Also, record conferences on the child's individual card. For the conference, parents are permitted to invite another person of his or her choice as per Senate Bill 1108. At the conclusion of a meeting, parents and school district personnel in attendance must sign a form stating whether any school district personnel have prohibited, discouraged or attempted to discourage the parents from inviting anyone to the meeting. If the parent participates in a meeting via telephone, then the teacher should mail or send the form electronically and request that the parent sign and return. PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (PTO) Teachers are automatically PTO members. You do not need to pay a membership fee to the organization. PTO stands for Parent-Teacher Association. In order to keep lines of communication open and to adequately serve the PTO will meet at regularly scheduled times. There will be staff and faculty representation at PTO meetings. public, the faculty is urged to actively participate in our PTO. PARKING Please refrain from parking on the grass at all times. All staff members are to park in the faculty/staff lot in the EAST or the WEST side of the school. We have adequate space for our parking needs. Please refrain from parking in front of the school unless there are no spots available on the EAST or WEST side lots. Do not park in any loading zones. PARTIES Parties are to be kept at a minimum by having no more than three per year. The is not to be used and is to be replaced with the word word “party” “celebration” on any communication. Maplewood holds a celebration in the fall (October), winter (December) and the end of the year (June). Specific dates will be designated and/or approved by administration. As adults, we need to celebrate our successes and reaching our goals. PARTNERS-IN-EDUCATION Maplewood participates in the Taravella Innovation Zone Partnership in Education (PIE) Program. The Zone partnership will enable us to access businesses that is shared with the entire zone. Currently, partnerships include: Maplewood’s AXA Equityable CareSpot Room Chick-fil-A Bru’s
All requests for conferences must indicate a specific date and time. Do not schedule conferences in the middle of the day when you are teaching children. You may schedule conferences during your planning period, if you wish. A conference log is to be maintained by every teacher. This log will be provided by administration and is to be kept in the teacher's plan book. Also, record conferences on the child's individual card. For the conference, parents are permitted to invite another person of his or her choice as per Senate Bill 1108. At the conclusion of a meeting, parents and school district personnel in attendance must sign a form stating whether any school district personnel have prohibited, discouraged or attempted to discourage the parents from inviting anyone to the meeting. If the parent participates in a meeting via telephone, then the teacher should mail or send the form electronically and request that the parent sign and return. PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (PTO) Teachers are automatically PTO members. You do not need to pay a membership fee to the organization. PTO stands for Parent-Teacher Association. In order to keep lines of communication open and to adequately serve the PTO will meet at regularly scheduled times. There will be staff and faculty representation at PTO meetings. public, the faculty is urged to actively participate in our PTO. PARKING Please refrain from parking on the grass at all times. All staff members are to park in the faculty/staff lot in the EAST or the WEST side of the school. We have adequate space for our parking needs. Please refrain from parking in front of the school unless there are no spots available on the EAST or WEST side lots. Do not park in any loading zones. PARTIES Parties are to be kept at a minimum by having no more than three per year. The word “party” is not to be used and is to be replaced with the word “celebration” on any communication. Maplewood holds a celebration in the fall (October), winter (December) and the end of the year (June). Specific dates will be designated and/or approved by administration. As adults, we need to celebrate our successes and reaching our goals. PARTNERS-IN-EDUCATION Maplewood participates in the Taravella Innovation Zone Partnership in Education (PIE) Program. The Zone partnership will enable us to access businesses that is shared with the entire zone. Currently, Maplewood’s partnerships include: AXA Equityable Bru’s Room CareSpot Chick-fil-A
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