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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like more academic feedback. What reading level are they right now? What are the areas to work on? What are the strengths? There’s no feedback, no conferences, all is lost and then back to school with a new crew in August. [/quote]

Agreed.  I have older children now.  My elementary school was always panicking about having enough parent volunteers for the end of year field day.  My kids didn't care about it at all.  I never had any kind of end of school event at my Bay Area public.

An end of year in-class goodbye event for the kids (could be a 15 minute reflection with a treat or snack), along with a short, tailored note to the parents about their kid's progress would be better.

Also I loathe the concept of pajama day. Please help kill off the idea that wearing sleep clothes outside the home is appropriate or fun. Make it movie day or cookie day or something else.

I did like our school's Muffins for Mom event for 1st graders only but mostly because of the handcrafted placemat and card made for the event.  You could substitute cardmaking art projects for Mother's Day and Father's Day.

For extra social events, leverage your PTA.  They should know better what works for the parent population.  And the PTA events usually bring multiple grades together. At my school we managed a decent Trunk or Treat/Book Fair, Int'l Food and Fun Fest, and end of year Carnival.  I liked all of these - just proving I'm not totally joyless.  I was the games and prizes chairperson for the Carnival for 3 years.[/quote]

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