Parent Education

Opportunities for Parent Education

REQUIRED

• Attend the All–School Parent Orientation on Saturday, September 9 from 9:00-10:00am 
  1. Attend Grammar sessions for GS parents
     
  2. Visit Logic and Rhetoric campuses; meet teachers and other LS and RS families from 10:00-11:00am for LS/RS parents
     
• Attend Grammar School Back to School Night 
• Attend Logic School Back to School Night 
• Attend Rhetoric School Mandatory Parent Meeting 
• Watch “Why Geneva” (link coming October 15) 

HIGHLY ENCOURAGED

• Take these free classes at ParentU through ClassicalU with Christopher Perrin and Justin Earley.
• Take Part in Book Discussion and Series – 4 one-hour sessions
  
  1. RS Headmaster – Matt Donnowitz – starts TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 at 12:30pm
     
     • Reclaiming Conversation, The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle
  2. LS Headmaster – Aaron Southwick 
     • Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis – starts in the Spring, date TBD
       
  3. GS Headmaster – Jessica Gombert – starts this Winter, date TBD
     • All That’s Good: Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment by Hannah Anderson 
• Headmaster Coffees 
  1. Grammar School with Jessica Gombert
     • Friday, September 15
     • Friday, December 15
     • Friday, March 28
     • Friday, April 19
  2. Logic School with Aaron Southwick
     • Thursday, September 28
     • Thursday, December 7
     • Thursday, February 22
     • Thursday, April 18 
  3. Rhetoric School with Matt Donnowitz
     • Parent Teacher Coffee Friday, August 25
• Attend Parent Teacher Conferences on Monday, October 30 
• GCL Fall Forum (Date TBD)
• Dad’s Breakfast on Thursday, October 26 
• GCL Spring Forum (Date TBD) 
• Attend State of the School on Thursday, January 11 
• Take the on-campus class given by Jessica Gombert on Discipline date TBD
  
• Mars Hill on Thursday, February 8
• Participate in the “Lunch and Lecture” series on Wednesdays in February (14, 21 and 28)