PTA Meeting

This past week our PTA hosted Laurie Chester and Kim Kidd Smith who shared their expertise on organization, ADHD, executive functions, and learning styles. They assisted parents with understanding the middle school student and struggles that adolescents may have. Their very real approach was good to hear. They talked about letting go a little and letting things happen naturally - and perhaps the most interesting to me was their advice for parents to not focus on grades. We have talked about grades/grading a lot at MEH and systems for demonstrating knowledge that are not necessarily number driven. To me this is an exciting concept which we will learn more about as we explore MYP.