Parents attend YHS Back-to-School Night

 

Teachers and staff at Yosemite High School had to put in a few extra hours as a campus full of new “students” trod from classroom to classroom during the Wednesday, September 4 annual “Back-to-School Night.”

The event gives parents a chance to visit their child’s classrooms and meet the teachers, who often gave copies of the course syllabus and a ten-minute summary of what requirements, goals and special activities they have planned for the school year.

Many teachers have Web sites that can be accessed for the latest news about quizzes, tests, homework, class policies and special projects, as well as e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and other ways that students and parents can keep in touch.

After a brief welcome in the school gymnasium, the “classes” were held in the order the students attend them during a regular school day, with parents attending first period through seventh.

It has been said that students who have the benefit of parent involvement fare better in school than those whose parents do not take an active interest, and Back-to-School Night provides the perfect opportunity to nurture a positive student-teacher-parent relationship.

 

Parents attend Back-to-School Night

-Cathie Campbell/Sierra Star

Students from Rob Nobles’ second-year IB (International Baccalaureate) chemistry class prepare a science experiment called “Hawaiian snowball” during the recent Back-to-School Night at Yosemite High School.

The enthusiastic scientists include Lane Greathouse, Marissa Martin, Lizzy Tucker, Brae Jacks, Krisa Withnell and Beth Hixson.

 

Teachers and staff at Yosemite High School had to put in a few extra hours as a campus full of new “students” trod from classroom to classroom during the Wednesday, September 4 annual “Back-to-School Night.”

The event gives parents a chance to visit their child’s classrooms and meet the teachers, who often gave copies of the course syllabus and a ten-minute summary of what requirements, goals and special activities they have planned for the school year.

Many teachers have Web sites that can be accessed for the latest news about quizzes, tests, homework, class policies and special projects, as well as e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and other ways that students and parents can keep in touch.

After a brief welcome in the school gymnasium, the “classes” were held in the order the students attend them during a regular school day, with parents attending first period through seventh.

It has been said that students who have the benefit of parent involvement fare better in school than those whose parents do not take an active interest, and Back-to-School Night provides the perfect opportunity to nurture a positive student-teacher-parent relationship.