Marady, Grade 5, happily held and led her father to her classroom.
Mengly, Grade 1, waved at his grandmother to come quick to his classroom.
Why did our students’ parents and guardian come to the classrooms?
On 6th of March 2020, the XJS Primary and Kindergarten School held its Parents-Teachers Meeting (PTM). The school invites the parents a few times each year. These meetings serve as regular forums for both sides to discuss pertinent concerns. These PTMs usually identify and affirm the child’s strengths in academics, which in turn may help parents support their child in his/her holistic development outside the school. The teachers may also point out their observations of a child’s behavior in the classroom.
In the end, parents were happy to hear about their children’s school life. As PTMs are quite uncommon in Cambodia, most parents expressed their appreciation toward the initiative of the school to share about the important events or milestones in their children’s lives.
This year’s PTM also paved way in the beginning of student leadership formation in primary school at XJS. This year several students from Primary 4 and 5 were invited to assist in the event. They were stationed at registration, handing out numbers to the parents and leading them to the right classrooms.
The XJS Primary and Kindergarten School aims to cater various ways that can effectively help every child reach his or her fullest potential. Also, it wishes to instill the Ignatian value of “being men and women for others” which is an essential characteristic of a Jesuit education.