I just read a post on another Blog about Parent Night. Our school currently holds an Open House for Students and Parents to stop in and meet their teacher, see their classroom and just check things out during of one of our pre-school workshop days. Most of the elementary teachers on our staff would like to change this format. Stopping in during our workshop days just doesn't seem to work. Many of the parents that stop in at the open house, also come the first day of school and basically do the same thing as during the open house. I was wondering what other schools do to "welcome" the students and parents to school for the new year. Are your Open Houses usually during the school day or in the evening? Is it structured or informal? Is it optional or required? Just seeing what is out there for new ideas to something that needs a little boost in our school! Thanks!
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Open House is a great time to "show-off" the wonders of the SMARTBoard! I created a short presentation last year and it was a huge success- many parents have never seen a SB in action or to be honest, have never even heard of a SB, so Open House can be the perfect time to introduce them it. All of my parents left dazzled!!! This year I've even added a slide show of students using the SB, so they'll be doubly dazzled this year!!!!
anne marie
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