This was our first experience of P/T conferences at the high school level.
The building was really very quiet! At the Jr. High, there are usually small flocks of teenagers running around together, goofing around and being obnoxious.
The lines were small! Again, at the Jr. High, sometimes the lines can be painfully long and slow. To be honest, some of the 'small' lines at the H.S. were still fairly slow... but that is probably because the grades are so much more critical that the teacher takes great care to go over everything that needs to happen to raise them.
The teachers were very direct. Helena was able to come with us for the first time since 6th grade because she no longer has ballet preventing her. Every teacher directed his/her comments to Helena rather than to Bill and me. I liked that. I got to sit back and watch her interact with them.
There was a parent meeting in the orchestra room after the conferences. The meeting was to go over an orchestra tour that will be happening in April. 
It will be a 3 day trip to St. George/Zion's National Monument/Las Vegas. The Las Vegas portion of the trip is where they will perform in festival and they will get to attend the off Broadway Lion King performing at Mandalay Bay.
The building was really very quiet! At the Jr. High, there are usually small flocks of teenagers running around together, goofing around and being obnoxious.
The lines were small! Again, at the Jr. High, sometimes the lines can be painfully long and slow. To be honest, some of the 'small' lines at the H.S. were still fairly slow... but that is probably because the grades are so much more critical that the teacher takes great care to go over everything that needs to happen to raise them.
The teachers were very direct. Helena was able to come with us for the first time since 6th grade because she no longer has ballet preventing her. Every teacher directed his/her comments to Helena rather than to Bill and me. I liked that. I got to sit back and watch her interact with them.
There was a parent meeting in the orchestra room after the conferences. The meeting was to go over an orchestra tour that will be happening in April. It will be a 3 day trip to St. George/Zion's National Monument/Las Vegas. The Las Vegas portion of the trip is where they will perform in festival and they will get to attend the off Broadway Lion King performing at Mandalay Bay.
Helena is actually excited to get to go on tour this year (again, ballet always prevented it in the past). The orchestra is planning a trip to Boston next year, so she might let herself be convinced to play her violin for another year in order to go on that tour!
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