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The First Parent/ Teacher Conferences
By Jin Yup Jung ‘14
Last night parents were busily walking around the Red Cloud halls because of Parent/Teacher conferences. School was extremely busy with all the parents of RCHS students prowling the hallways from 3 to 7 o’clock checking in classrooms and meeting with teachers.
For a moment there was happiness at the 1:30 dismissal, but things got serious as parents checked their children's grades. Some of students were being so quiet and lowered their heads in despair while they moved from one class to another class. For some students, the whole atmosphere in school was so dark, cold, and as quiet as a Harvard library. On the other hand, others who earned such a good GPA looked confident to show their grades to their parents and they loved to hear the compliments from the teachers. No matter what GPA they got for now, they seemed that they were determined to improve their grades by the end of the semester.
Since it was the first parent/teacher conferences of this year, it could initially be uncomfortable for both the parents and teachers because some of Red Cloud teachers are new; they have never met each other. However, the conferences went well and it was such a productive time for the parents to share their knowledge of their child, along with their desire for their child’s future. It was also a golden opportunity for the teachers to let the parents know about how their child was doing in class and how the child is relating to the school’s environment.
132 students were represented by their parent or guardian, perhaps an all-time school record for Parent/ Teacher Conferences.
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