Melrose Inviting District Parents To Educational Workshop

MELROSE, MA — The Education Foundation has opened registration for “Parent University,” which is slated for Saturday, Nov. 23.

Parent University is a complementary day of workshops catered toward parents who have students in the district.

“Melrose Parent University is designed to increase caregivers’ ability to support students, and help both caregivers and community members understand current trends in education,” The MEF said in a statement.

The festivities at Melrose High School will begin at 8 a.m. with registration and community tables. At 8:30 a.m., Superintendent of Schools Adam Deleidi will address attendees to officially commence the event. Two hour-long workshop sessions will be broken up by a panel discussion in between about the topic of “resilience.” The panel will consist of School Psychologist Jaime Wicklund, Maclean Hospital Psychologist and Researcher Jillian Russo, and Newton’s Dearborn Academy Principal and Clinical Director Sheilah Gauch.

Parents will have more than 15 workshop options to choose from, with focuses of anti-bullying and anxiety to preparing for the college application process.

MEF has organized the event with the assistance of Melrose Public Schools and the Melrose Cooperative Bank Foundation. Registration can be completed here.