Middle School Students Lead Parent Conferences

Here in the Germantown Academy Middle School, we recently had our first student-led teacher conferences. This was a completely new experience for many of the students, including myself. We began preparing for these conferences weeks in advance by filling out various worksheets about how we felt we were doing in our studies. From reflection to comment prediction, my classmates and I had taken a complete look at our academic performance. Despite all the preparation, I still felt slightly nervous talking to my parents and advisor for fifteen minutes straight. I do see these people everyday and talking to them should have come as second nature. And about five minutes into my conference I started to feel more comfortable and realized how foolish I was to feel nervous. It was a nice feeling to see three people be proud of my accomplishments and understanding of my faults. Overall, I felt that the conference went well. But I have to say I am glad that I am going into Upper School next year and can sleep in during my parent teacher conference.

~ Margaret H. ‘19