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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
