Arden (Grade 12)
On November 24th, 2017, Luwan Senior High School’s British Columbia Offshore Program held a parents-teacher meeting as scheduled. This time, we drew on the experience from previous meetings to do even better than before.
The parent-teacher meeting is very strange for grade 10 students. It’s different from domestic Chinese schools since it’s made up of one-to-one, face to face conversations between parents and teachers. It lets parents have more opportunity to have individual conversations with each teacher to decrease the distance between the parents and teachers. Unlike the previous parent meetings, this year we also had principle speech and student speeches. Principle Berg’s speech included our school’s general situation, the promotion of the past years, how to improve English skills and how to apply for university. For the student speech, Jayla Gu from Grade 12 talked about her experience preparing and taking the IELTS test. She is a top student who got 7.5 on the IELTS test and her GPA reached 4.0, so her advice might help students to have better marks.
During the meeting, there was a schedule sheet on each classroom door. It clearly showed when each parent could come to speak to each teacher. Students always start signing up the week before the parent’s meeting. The students can sign up in the principal’s office. If the parents don’t have spare time to come, he or she can contact with teachers and come some other time. Each classroom had a volunteer responsible for reminding parents of the time and place of their meetings. Also, if the meeting lasts more than 10 minutes, they will knock on the door. For students in Grade 10 and 11, the parent-teacher meeting provided a chance to be volunteers. The parent-teacher meeting runs from 10am to 4pm. Before that, students had three classes. The meeting not only let parents talk with teachers, but also provided an opportunity to know about the educational environment.