Our second new parent blog is an introduction to Gould’s lines of communication.
Being a small, student-centered school, we take great pride in our communication and knowing how all our students are doing at any given moment. We also understand that our parents are placing an enormous amount of trust in us to help shape their lives. Managing a healthy amount of information between a school and its parents is paramount to trust and a healthy school/family relationship.
Over the next few weeks, as new parents you will receive information regarding our lines of communication. These communications are our introduction to class scheduling and login information to our Student/Parent Information System. My Gould can be accessed through mygould.org and serves as an important tool for you to access information throughout the school year.
In addition to seeing the student’s course load, MyGould is the home to many other important resources:
- School calendar, including athletic schedules
- Mid-Term and End of Term grades and comments
- Downloads for parents, including the Community Guide, course descriptions, health forms, comments
- Family and Student Profile for updating contact information
- Transportation forms
- Notification of absence for day students
- Faculty and Staff Directory
So, besides MyGould where else does Gould communicate with parents?
The most important conduit for parents is our Advisor Program. Each student is assigned an advisor at the end of August. Whenever a parent has a need to call “the school,” most often it is best to start with the advisor. Advisors see their advisees at least once a day and are also the center of communication within the Gould Community for the teachers, coaches and dorm parents. On Parents’ Weekend, advisors host comprehensive meetings with parents to review each advisee’s progress within the context of their whole experience at Gould.
We also have many broadcast methods of communicating with parents and members of the larger Gould Community:
- Gould has many Facebook pages including our main institutional page, and ones for College Counseling, our On-Snow Competition Program, and our Farm & Forest Program just to name a few.
- Twitter , YouTube , and Instagram.
- The Glog, our blog written by real GA students and faculty.
- Our Thursday afternoon emails from Dirk MacKnight that deliver weekly insight to what has been happening at Gould and what is on our horizon.
- And, the News/Blogs page on our website that funnels all Gould’s blogs and social media feeds into one place. A real time portal into the Gould experience.
Gould’s community communication is an important part of our partnership with our parents.
It’s what we do best!
Best Regards
The Admissions Team
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