Welcome to Parent University! Fall/Winter 2023-2024 registration is now open
Parent University Sessions
Welcome to Parent University! Burlington School District (BSD)’s Parent University is excited to announce that we will be continuing our sessions during the 2023-2024 school year. To register for classes, please navigate to the registration page. Please contact Denise Torrey and/or Son Do if have any questions. Their email addresses are dtorrey@bsdvt.org and sdo@bsdvt.org. We will be hosting a variety of different classes, online and in person. New session offerings will continue to be added. Check back often. Here is our current schedule of classes:
Welcome to Parent University! Fall/Winter 2023-2024 registration is now open
Parent University Sessions
Welcome to Parent University! Burlington School District (BSD)’s Parent University is excited to announce that we will be continuing our sessions during the 2023-2024 school year. To register for classes, please navigate to the registration page. Please contact Denise Torrey and/or Son Do if have any questions. Their email addresses are dtorrey@bsdvt.org and sdo@bsdvt.org. We will be hosting a variety of different classes, online and in person. New session offerings will continue to be added. Check back often. Here is our current schedule of classes:
Mondays: Math Class for Parents and Students, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Son Do will be leading a math refresher course for parents and their children. We will be covering a wide range of math topics, including Numbers, Operations on Numbers, Fractions, Decimals, Percent and Percentages, Ratios and Rates, Beginning Algebra, Data and Statistics, Probability, Geometry, Measurement, Time, Money, and Symbols. This class will be offered on Mondays beginning July 10th, 2023 from 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM. The location varies. Participants will be notified of current location.
Tuesdays: Parenting Group, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
- Through a Howard Center and Burlington School District/Parenting University partnership, we’re excited to offer a ten-week Parenting Group for Maay Maay speakers! The group will be a space for conversation and mutual learning around parenting adolescent children. It will be co-facilitated by Sharon Moran, Amanda Moore (social workers from the Howard Center who work with schools) and Yasmin Mohammed (Burlington School District). Childcare will be provided as well as snacks and food. The Parenting Group will begin Tuesday, February 6th from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM and go until the first week of May. We hope you’ll join us!
Tuesdays: Writing Group, 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM
- The Parent University Writing Group is a 10 week series of classes that will focus on improving written communication in our professional, educational and every day lives. This class is taught by Cheryl York McDonough of Collins Education Associates on Tuesdays from 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM.
- Remote class using Google Meets-Spanish, Vietnamese, Somali/Maay Maay Interpreters in attendance.
- These classes are offered in partnership with the Janet S. Munt Family Room. They are open to anyone who is interested in learning the computer, at any level. Childcare is not available for these classes.
Fridays: English Class with Miriam, 5:00-6:30 PM
- Remote class using Google Meets-Arabic Interpreter in attendance