Back to School Night - 2016

The members of the English Department enjoyed meeting their students' parents on Wednesday, October 5 at the WHS Back to School Night.
  

Gina Chaimanis with parents

Journalism teacher Gina Chaimanis provided an overview of the course in the Mac Lab, where students meet for the Journalism class and create the school newspaper, Wildcat Tracks.

Editors Alina Hachigan and Grace Wang

 


Then the paper's editors, Alina Hachigian and Grace Wang, shared a bit about the reality of putting together a school newspaper from the student perspective.



John Minigan treated his Shakespeare students' parents to a quick lesson on iambic pentameter and how it can impact meaning in a play.

John Minigan explains meter

Brenda Hagan

And Brenda Hagan explained how her 10th grade students post their ideas about what they are reading to Google Classroom and comment on one another's posts.  She then uses that information to help create the next day's lesson.


These are just a few of the presentations English teachers shared with parents as they explained the range of curriculum and learning experiences in our classes.  

If you were unable to attend Back to School Night, please contact your child's teacher to learn a bit more about his/her English class this year.  We love to share what we are doing with parents.