Lower Merion School District: Harriton Parent/Teacher Conferences

Press release from Lower Merion School District:

2021-11-02

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers:

The Harriton High School faculty invites you to join us for our upcoming optional Parent-Teacher conferences on Wednesday, November 10th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. These conferences will be held virtually via Zoom.

One of our primary goals in high school is to encourage students to develop more independence and take greater ownership of their learning. Now more than ever, we feel it is important that students and families check PowerSchool and BlackBoard regularly to stay up-to-date with academic progress. In alignment with these goals, Parent-Teacher conferences are designed to promote an additional level of support for students who would benefit from this opportunity for more focused dialogue regarding student learning. Please understand that while we know that time for high school conferences is extremely limited, we are committed to communicating with families throughout the school year to support your student.

If you would like to schedule a Parent-Teacher conference with any of your student's teachers, please navigate to www.lmsd.org/conferences to access our online scheduler. The website portal will open at 8 a.m. on Monday, November 1 st and will close at 4 p.m. on Monday, November 8th . Each teacher can be scheduled for up to eight appointments during the evening. Once a teacher's appointments have been filled, you may email Ms. Jess Yinger at yingerj@lmsd.org to request a "call back" from the teacher. Be sure to include your name, your best contact information, your student's name, and the name(s) of the teacher(s) with whom you were unable to schedule a conference. The teacher(s) will then be notified of your interest and will contact you at a later time.

There will be an additional opportunity for Parent-Teacher conferences on Thursday, December 2nd from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Please note that any parent, guardian, caregiver that has a conference on November 10th should not have an expectation of having another conference on December 2nd. Follow up communication about the next round of Parent-Teacher conferences will be shared in the future.

Your student's counselor and our career and college access counselor are available to answer your questions. They, along with our teachers, look forward to conversations which will support student success and continuing the partnership with our Harriton families.

If you have any questions regarding this process, please call Jess Yinger at 610-658-3978.

Sincerely,

Scott Weinstein
Principal

Shawn Albert
Activities & Athletics

Patrick C. Hogan
Asst. Principal

Michael V. Johnson
Asst. Principal

Lauren S. Marcuson
Asst. Principal

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