Parents On Board… Conference Over View:

W.H. Morden parent, Amy McKenzie, was one of many parents from Halton to attend conference this past weekend at Sheridan.  Her thoughts are below: 

Together as parents we represent thousands and thousands of volunteer hours spent partnering with schools to deliver everything from reading programs to hot lunches and hundreds of thousands of fundraising dollars. Halton Council of Home and School Associations was particularly grateful for the excellent representation from our Board, with workshop speakers such as Jacki Oxley (Coping with Bullying), Dave Lewis (High Skills Diploma) and our Trustee, Don Vrooman (The Role of the Trustee). Director Wayne Joudrie also spoke at the Saturday night supper and was certainly well received there. There were also three separate workshops with a technology focus, including Smart Boards, which many Home and School Associations are currently working on the fundraising for. Informed parents are better partners with their Board and the Ministry of Education, and in that regard the Conference was a great success.