Parent Council
The ASMS Parent Council provides support throughout the school year for numerous campus activities, programs, and events that enrich the ASMS community.
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Role of the Parent
When our children leave home for ASMS, our role as a parent or guardian does not end. We still have a vital role to play in our children’s lives. Parents and guardians of ASMS students have the responsibility to:
- Love, encourage, and support your child under all situations, good or challenging, as this is the single most important thing you can do. Although we all want our children to grow into independent adults, they need our love and guidance at this point in their development.
- Encourage your child to take risks and to reach outside their comfort zone. Nothing is learned by remaining where you are comfortable. ASMS provides a safe environment for our children to explore their talents and who they are.
- Communicate with the school. Our school is always willing to talk to you about your concerns, questions, ideas, and desires. The best conversations are the rational ones. When you reach out, aim to do so with patience and with the goal of working together for the good of your child.
- Share ideas for improvement. The school values and solicits your input in order to improve. The school cannot address what it does not know about.
- Remember that the school always has your student's best interest at heart. As best you can, assume positive intention on the school's part and support their actions and decisions for your child.
- Get involved. We are able to achieve more with parental involvement. Through our partnership with ASMS, we can provide the resources and build the programs that allow our children to have an excellent education.
- Support our school and advocate for the education of our children. Collaborate with our school by participating in legislative affairs, funding needs, etc. We have an active Parent Association with many ways to get involved and support our community.
- Respect ASMS’s goal of developing our children into well-functioning adults. Encourage them to attempt to handle their own issues. It is counter to these efforts for parents to overshadow your student or to be helicopter parents.