Table+8

November 10-12, 2011
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 * Moms of alums Group
 * Speaker Series – 1st Friday group

Atherton – Connie Solari
 * Paid person to lead a Moms’ group – Sally Vance Trembath does it
 * They want to hear from faculty
 * They want to open up to the rest of the parent body
 * Escj group is being invited to come speak
 * We need to have faculty leaders for this piece – to identify faculty leaders to do this
 * Busy person’s retreat for faculty/staff/ parents

Rosary – Millie Thomas
 * Economic issues are challenging disturbing parents
 * Parent formation could help mitigate this and get people see the bigger picture

St. Charles–Sandy
 * We do it without calling it formation to mission,
 * parent newsletters and meeting have a formation component
 * In the classroom examples: donuts with dad, little glimpses
 * Maureen Glavin – is awesome at this naturally

Bloomfield - Jim Kiefer
 * Mass on the grass – parents group – prayer and building of comm.
 * Something happens at the end of the year also happens
 * Trustee sits on the FTM Committee and goes to the meetings
 * Inviting rscj’s to school

CSH – Lori Wilson
 * 1st Friday speakers series
 * Evening retreat – for parents, alum, students, wider community – 3rd year
 * Parents come on some service trips
 * Busy parents’ retreat – being proposed for this year
 * Class parent blessing/commissioning – new this year
 * Blessing of Parent board – new will be proposed
 * Book group with parents – to open up a venue to talk about SH spirituality
 * Challenge is time and who can do it
 * Alum formation to mission to Joigny

Ideas –
 * At parent meetings could FTM get done for 10 minutes at the beginning of each parent coffee/meeting?
 * Reference the goals in communications to parents
 * School trips with reference to the goals in the purpose of the trips
 * Back to school night – 10 minute formation to mission
 * Have board members come to a parent group to come and talk about the mission and how decisions are made
 * Mother/daughter retreat to Joigny
 * Parents/student formation to mission trips in general

XXXXXXXX At Stuart: ( Anne Pierpont) 11/11/11 Past Parents come to our Parent Associaiton meetings and offer reflection on thier Sacred Heart Experience... Students--middle and Upper School-- are invited to come to the Parent Association meetings--to talk abut a service project or recent activity or program relatesd to G & C.

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