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
  
  • RS Headmaster – Matt Donnowitz – starts TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 at 12:30pm
    • Reclaiming Conversation, The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle
  • LS Headmaster – Aaron Southwick – TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 at 12:30pm and TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 at 12:30pm
    • Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
      
  • GS Headmaster – Jessica Gombert – TUESDAY, MARCH 19 at 12:30pm and TUESDAY, MARCH 26 at 12:30pm
    • How to Know a Person by David Brooks
      
• Headmaster Coffees 
  1. Grammar School with Jessica Gombert
     • Thursday, March 28
     • Friday, April 19
  2. Logic School with Aaron Southwick
     • 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 
• Dad’s Breakfast on Thursday, October 26 
• GCL Fall Forum (Tuesday, December 5)
  
• Attend State of the School on Thursday, January 11 at 5:30pm (See ParentSquare for Details)
• Take the on-campus class given by Jessica Gombert on Discipline date TBD
  
• Mars Hill Forum on Thursday, February 8, 6:30-8:15pm in the Lyceum. Click here to view a recording of this event.
• Participate in the “Lunch and Lecture” series on Wednesdays in February (14, 21 and 28) 
• GCL Spring Forum (Date TBD)