OCTOBER 27, 1967
Maine West To Hold Open House Next Week
The festivities, which are coordinated by the Parent-Teacher Council, will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The first night, November 7, the parents having last names beginning with letters A-L are welcome at the school. The remaining parents will come on November 14. As parents enter the building, they will be given a roster of teachers' names and locations.
Parents will be allowed two to three minutes for a conference with the teacher. If the teacher is busy at the moment, they can chat with the teacher's host and hostess. There will be over 400 parents each night assisting the teachers in this way.
This event will coincide with American Education Week and will give the parents a chance to meet their students' teachers. This meeting could be very important should the need arise for a serious conference between a parent and a teacher because of a student's grades or other scholastic problems.
The Open House will reflect Maine West's theme for American Education Week, "Maine West serves all students." Displays around the cafeteria will exhibit the method by which every type of student is educated to develop his interests and skills. This motto was taken from a list of themes for the week which test the quality of a school.
Sunday, November 5 - at shaping the character of youth?
Monday, November 6 - at providing learning opportunities for all?
Tuesday, November 7 - at meeting the challenge of change?
Wednesday, November 8 - at providing quality teaching?
Thursday, November 9 at stimulating lifelong learning?
Friday, November 10 - at developing vocational competence?
Saturday, November 11 - at enriching human life?
On November 3, 1931, American Education Week was started by a proclamation issued by the President of the United States, Warren G. Harding. Every President since that time has recognized the event with a proclamation, and AEW has become the biggest public relations event on the school calendar.
The founders of American Education Week, the National Education Association and the American Legion, are still cosponsors, along with the United
States Office of Education and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. They became co-sponsors in 1922 and 1938 respectively.
Originally, AEW was used to stimulate public action to correct the kinds of deficiencies in American education which allowed vast numbers of our nation's youth to grow up illiterate and in poor physical condition.
But, through the years, the event has shifted its focus to include all aspects and all levels of education. By calling public attention to the fact that the problems and achievements of the nation's schools are the responsibility of each citizen, AEW has done much to bring up the standard of American education.