PARENTS
Recommended
Reading for Parents
Mothers of Montrose School
Parent
Seminars 2007-2008
Internet Safety
Parenting: A School
of Virtue
Montrose
believes that education is the primary responsibility of parents and enlists
their cooperation and support in helping each girl reach her potential.
To achieve this goal Montrose asks parents to:
• augment at home the virtues and ideals taught at school
• meet with their daughter's advisor twice a year
• support the school's programs and its development
The Parent
to Parent Program at Montrose fosters friendship, communication, and cultural
enrichment among new and veteran Montrose families. Parent to Parent sponsors
social gatherings and guest speakers to support parents as they strive
to fulfill their responsibilities as the primary educators of their children.
Some recommended reading for parents include:
Alter, Alexandra's Confession Makes a Comeback,
Wall Street Journal,
September 21, 2007
James Stenson’s
Lifeline:
The Religious Upbringing of Your Children, Scepter 1997
Kevin Ryan and Karen Bohlin’s Building
Character in Schools: Practical Ways to Bring Moral Instruction to
Life, Jossey-Bass 1999
Robert Coles’s The
Moral Intelligence of Children, Plume 1998
Laura and Malcolm Gould’s The
Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have, Scribner 2003
William Damon’s Greater
Expectations, Touchstone Books 1996
A
Guide for Parents is the collaborative work of several Montrose
parents. Raising women of faith, character, and vision is a great responsibility.
The authors of this guide understand this and offer a unique, experienced
perspective on parenting.
A wonderful resource, the guide covers everything from outlining the Montrose
mission to explaining the role of parents in education. To receive a copy,
please contact Mrs. Patricia Keefe in the Admissions Office.
The
Mothers of Montrose School (MOMS) is a dynamic team of volunteers
who lend their professional expertise, talent, and creativity to several
Montrose events and traditions. They provide outstanding hospitality and
fundraising support to important schoolwide and student led programs at
Montrose.
The MOMS run the annual auction, special luncheons, the senior dinner
and much, much more. For more information on participation in MOMS, please
contact the Front Office and you will be directed to the co-presidents.
Teaching
Courage, Inspiring Confidence in Your Daughters
A Breakfast Discussion with Head of School, Dr. Karen Bohlin
Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 7:15-8:00AM
Internet Safety Presentation
A lecture by Mr. Daniel Feeney, Norfolk County District Attorney’s
Office
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 7-9PM
Mornings of Recollection for Montrose mothers
and friends
Fr. Joseph Ruisanchez, Chaplain
Tuesdays, October 16, November 20, December 11, 2007
January 8, February 12, March 11, April 15, May 13, 2008 9-11AM
Retreat
for Montrose mothers and friends, Arnold Hall Conference
Center, Pembroke, MA
Thursday – Sunday, February 7-10, 2008 8PM-2PM
Guiding
Adolescents – What are they thinking, doing and feeling? How can
we help? For more information about the event click here.
Dr. A.
Rae Simpson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ms. Katrina J. Zeno,
Women of the Third Millennium; and Cecila Royals
A panel presentation on adolescent brain research, health needs and spiritual
development.
Thursday, April 3, 2008 7-9PM
Parent
Seminars 2006-2007
Adolescence:
Raising Great Teens
A lecture by Dr. Meg Meeker
April 26, 2007, 7:00PM
Dr. Meeker is a pediatrician who specializes in teenage health issues. She is author of Epidemic: Raising Great Teens in a Toxic Sexual Culture (LifeLine Press 2004) and countless research articles on adolescent health. A highly sought after speaker and consultant, she is a member of the National Institute for Sexual Health.
Forming
Character in Our Families
How can we foster good habits and integrity in the real and virtual
worlds? A Parent Discussion with Rosemary Cook and Colleen Tocci
November 30, 2006, 1:30PM
Rosemary Cook is a former history teacher and Director of College Counseling at Montrose School. Rosemary and her husband just welcomed their forty-first grandchild into the family. A highly sought-after speaker, She has lectured at numerous conferences on family and family-related issues. Currently Mrs. Cook serves as an advisor at Montrose and runs Camp Mattakeesett, a summer camp for young girls.
Colleen Tocci is a registered nurse who worked in the medical and surgical field before raising her four children. Mrs. Tocci taught high school theology at Montrose and has been a beloved advisor for nearly twenty years. Most recently, Colleen has been involved in directing leadership symposia for girls, at the high school level.
Single
Sex Education: Why it Works
A Breakfast Discussion with Head of School, Dr. Karen Bohlin
October 24,
2006, 7:30AM
Dr.
Bohlin is author of three books, Building Character in Schools
(with K. Ryan) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999, its companion Resource
Guide (with D. Farmer and K. Ryan) 2001, and Teaching Character Education
Through Literature: Awakening the Moral Imagination, London: Routledge
Falmer, 2005. A former professor of education at Boston University, she
is currently a senior scholar at their Center for the Advancement of Ethics
and Character. She has co-edited a book on higher education and citizenship
and has published work in the Journal of the Association of Teacher Education,
Education Week, and the Journal of Education. Dr. Bohlin has served as
an educational advisor on the national, state and local levels and is
a member of the National Schools of Character Blue Ribbon Panel.
For a bibliography
of resources on single-sex education, click here.