The weather has been highly variable over the last month – with extreme lows, and also some higher than normal temperatures. Accordingly, we had to postpone the movie screening of Beyond Measure twice! So, it's important to know the inclement weather policy for PCW events: if the hosting school or Montgomery County Public Schools have a delayed start or a closure, our programs are rescheduled to the snow date. We will post any schedule change information on our website,  www.parentscouncil.org .
 
Get Ready for our 2019 Best Practices Forum 

Our Best Practices Forum will take place on  Tuesday,   April 9, 2019   from 6:00-8:30pm  (please note that the forum will be an evening program this year) at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C. and is open to all parents, administrators, faculty, and staff from PCW member schools.  This year's topic is  Promoting Student Well-Being. You can download a flyer here .
 
Next week, we will send a letter and questionnaire to Heads of Schools and Parent Association Presidents asking each member school to submit information on their own school-specific best practices on the topic. School submissions will be due by April 1, 2019. Information collected from each member school will be organized into an e-binder and posted on our website subsequent to the forum.  Best Practices e-binders from prior years remain a valuable resource and can be accessed  here .   Please mark your calendar and encourage your school to contribute to the Best Practices e-binder!
 
Meet & Greet Coffee
 
There will be a coffee for PCW representatives and PA Presidents on Thursday, February 21, from 9-11am, upstairs at Praline Bakery (4611 Sangamore Road in Bethesda). Please join us for this informal event, even if you can only stop by briefly. It’s a chance to chat with PCW Board members and fellow reps, get all your PCW questions answered and share your thoughts on how PCW can better serve your school community! We’d love to see you! To confirm your attendance, please send an email to administration@pcw.org .
 
Student Leader Breakfasts
 
FYI only (note that no action is required by PCW Reps) -- in February, we host two programs for students of PCW Member Schools: our Upper School Student Leader Breakfast was on Tuesday, February 5 at Bullis School, and the Middle School Student Leader Breakfast will be on Tuesday, February 12 at The Langley School. Administrators at member schools select two students to participate in each of these forums.
Following the events, Executive Summaries of the student discussions are posted on our website. Please note that the summaries are anonymous -- we do not include identifying information about any of the students or schools. If you are curious about the topics at last year's forums, you can read the summaries of our 2018 Upper School Student Leader Breakfast and our 2018 Middle School Student Leader Breakfast .

Upcoming Programs in 2019 –  Save the Dates

You can find a calendar of all remaining PCW events for the 2018-2019 school year  here .

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